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  1. From 1901 to 2024, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to 121 individuals. The youngest recipient was British author Rudyard Kipling, who received the prize in 1907 at the age of 41 for his vivid storytelling and imaginative power. In contrast, the oldest laureate was Doris Lessing, honored in 2007 at age 87 for her profound exploration of the female experience and her visionary literary voice. These two milestones highlight the wide age range and diverse perspectives celebrated by the Swedish Academy over more than a century.
  2. Since 1901, only 18 women have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, underscoring the historical gender imbalance in one of the world’s most prestigious literary honors. The trailblazer among them was Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, who became the first woman laureate in 1909. Her award recognized the “lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception” that defined her writing. Remarkably, Lagerlöf was honored five years before she broke another barrier by becoming the first woman elected to the Swedish Academy—the very institution responsible for selecting Nobel literature laureates. Her legacy paved the way for generations of women writers to follow.
  3. Although sharing the Nobel Prize is common in fields such as Peace, Physics, or Medicine, the Nobel Prize in Literature has only been awarded jointly on four occasions. This rarity reflects the profoundly personal nature of literary achievement, where the Swedish Academy typically chooses to honor a singular voice that embodies the “ideal direction” outlined in Alfred Nobel’s will. As the Nobel Foundation puts it, “It probably belongs to the nature of literature” that the prize is seldom divided—highlighting the belief that literary excellence is often best represented by individual creative expression.
  4. Only two individuals have ever declined the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1958, Russian author Boris Pasternak initially accepted the award for his novel Doctor Zhivago, but under intense pressure from Soviet authorities—who had banned the book and threatened him with exile—he was forced to reject it. In contrast, French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre declined the 1964 prize voluntarily, staying true to his lifelong principle of refusing all official honors. Sartre believed that a writer should remain independent of institutions and feared that accepting the Nobel Prize would compromise his integrity and turn him into an establishment figure46. Their refusals remain rare and deeply symbolic gestures in the history of the Nobel Prize.
  5. Winston Churchill is often mistakenly thought to have received the Nobel Peace Prize, likely due to his prominent role in global diplomacy and wartime leadership. However, he was actually awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature for his “mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values”. Between 1945 and 1953, Churchill received 21 nominations for the literature prize and two for the Peace Prize, reflecting both his literary achievements and his influence on world affairs. His extensive body of work—including multi-volume histories, memoirs, and speeches—cemented his place as a surprise but deserving laureate in the realm of literature.
  6. The Nobel Prize in Literature has only been awarded posthumously once—in 1931 to Swedish poet Erik Axel Karlfeldt, who had declined the prize in 1919 due to his position as permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy but was later honored for his poetry after his death. In response to this, the Nobel Foundation amended its statutes in 1974 to prohibit posthumous awards, except when a laureate dies after the official announcement. Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary-General of the United Nations, was a notable exception—he received the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously in 1961, following a fatal plane crash en route to a peace mission, with the award announced after his death.
  7. While the Nobel Prize in Literature is typically awarded for an author’s entire body of work, there have been nine notable exceptions where the Swedish Academy singled out a specific literary work for particular recognition. These include Mikhail Sholokhov’s epic of the Don (1965), Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea (1954), Roger Martin du Gard’s novel-cycle Les Thibault (1937), John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga (1932), Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks (1929), Władysław Reymont’s The Peasants (1924), Knut Hamsun’s Growth of the Soil (1920), Carl Spitteler’s Olympian Spring (1919), and Theodor Mommsen’s A History of Rome (1902). These works were celebrated not only for their literary excellence but also for their cultural and historical significance, standing out as defining achievements within each laureate’s career.
  8. Since 1901 to 2024, 117 Nobel Prizes in Literature have been awarded. The Nobel Prize in Literature was not awarded in 1914, 1918, 1935, and from 1940 to 1943 primarily due to two reasons: the impact of global conflicts and the Nobel Foundation’s strict criteria. During World War I (1914, 1918) and World War II (1940–1943), the disruptions caused by war made it difficult to evaluate and honor literary achievements, and in some cases, the Swedish Academy may have deemed it inappropriate to award the prize amid such turmoil. In 1935, the prize was withheld because the committee concluded that none of the nominated works met the high standards outlined in Alfred Nobel’s will, which requires the literature to be of “the most outstanding work in an ideal direction”. According to the Foundation’s statutes, when no suitable candidate is found, the prize money is reserved for the following year or added to the restricted funds. These gaps reflect both the challenges of wartime and the Academy’s commitment to maintaining the integrity of the award.
  9. Nobel prize in literature 2018 was cancelled after sexual allegations against Jean-Claude Arnault (a photographer and leading cultural figure in Sweden) by 18 women accusing Arnault of sexual harassment and physical abuse over a period of more than 20 years, in France and Sweden.
  10. The Nobel Prize in Literature has long maintained a veil of secrecy around its nomination process. Each year, the nominations and the deliberations of the Nobel Committee are kept confidential for 50 years, preserving the integrity and independence of the selection. Interestingly, several laureates—including Sully Prudhomme, Rudolf Eucken, Paul Heyse, Rabindranath Tagore, Sinclair Lewis, Theodor Mommsen, Luigi Pirandello, Pearl Buck, Bertrand Russell, and William Faulkner—received the prize after being nominated only once, underscoring the impact a single nomination can have. For those curious about historical patterns, the Nobel Prize website offers a searchable database of nominations from 1901 to 1965, including annual counts and nominee details for the years 1901–1950.
  11. The term “laureate” traces its roots to Ancient Greece, where victors in athletic and poetic competitions were crowned with laurel wreaths—circular crowns made from the leaves of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis). In mythology, the god Apollo, patron of poetry and the arts, is often depicted wearing such a wreath, symbolizing honor, achievement, and divine inspiration. The word itself comes from the Latin laureatus, meaning “crowned with laurel.” When someone is called a Nobel Prize laureate, it signifies that they’ve been metaphorically crowned for their exceptional contributions to humanity—echoing a tradition of celebrating excellence that spans millennia.
  12. France has produced several iconic books with extraordinary publication records, shaping both national culture and global literature. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince stands as one of the most translated and best-selling books in history, with over 200 million copies in more than 500 languages. Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables and Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers remain enduring bestsellers since the 19th century. Marcel Proust’s monumental In Search of Lost Time is considered a literary masterpiece, while Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, once prosecuted for obscenity, became a cornerstone of realism. Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex pioneered feminist thought globally, and Albert Camus’s The Stranger has sold over 6 million copies in France alone. These titles exemplify the richness and longevity of French literature on the world stage.
  13. The Netherlands has a storied literary tradition marked by works that have achieved both national reverence and international success. Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl stands out as the most globally recognized Dutch book, with over 30 million copies sold. Multatuli’s Max Havelaar, a searing critique of colonialism, remains a foundational classic, while Harry Mulisch’s The Discovery of Heaven and The Assault have both enjoyed bestseller status and critical acclaim. Contemporary standout The Dinner by Herman Koch has been translated into over 30 languages and adapted into film. Other enduring works include Gerard Reve’s postwar classic The Evenings, Nicolaas Beets’s satirical Camera Obscura, and Louis Couperus’s psychological novel Eline Vere. Even earlier, Erasmus’s The Praise of Folly—written in Latin—helped define Renaissance humanism and remains a cornerstone of Dutch intellectual heritage. These titles span satire, philosophy, and historical fiction, highlighting the breadth and impact of Dutch literature.
  14. Germany has produced some of the most influential and widely read books in world literature, many of which boast impressive publication records. Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front has sold over 20 million copies globally and remains a definitive anti-war novel. Patrick Süskind’s Perfume: The Story of a Murderer became an international sensation, translated into over 40 languages. Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader gained global acclaim and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film. Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum is a cornerstone of postwar literature, while Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain continue to be widely studied and reprinted. Franz Kafka’s The Trial and The Metamorphosis, though published posthumously, have become essential modernist texts. Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf and Siddhartha have sold millions worldwide, especially among countercultural readers. More recently, Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart series has become a bestselling fantasy export. These works reflect Germany’s literary depth—from philosophical introspection to historical reckoning—and their enduring global reach.
  15. The United Kingdom has produced some of the most celebrated and widely published books in literary history, spanning genres from fantasy to political satire. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series holds multiple records, with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone alone selling over 120 million copies worldwide and launching the best-selling book series in history. George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm remain perennial bestsellers and cultural touchstones. Charles Dickens’s classics like A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and David Copperfield have sold millions globally and are still widely read today. Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None is one of the best-selling mystery novels of all time, with over 100 million copies sold. Other notable titles include Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, all of which have enjoyed enduring popularity and massive sales. These works not only dominate British publishing history but also continue to shape global literary culture.
  16. Some of the most famous books with remarkable publication records in the U.S. include Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, which sold 15 million copies worldwide within 24 hours and had a 12-million-copy U.S. print run. E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey became the best-selling adult title of the 2010s with over 15 million copies sold domestically. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird has sold more than 40 million copies globally and remains a classroom staple. J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye has surpassed 65 million sales worldwide since 1951. Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar is one of the best-selling children’s books in U.S. history, with over 43 million copies sold. Meanwhile, Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life holds the record as the best-selling nonfiction hardcover in American publishing history, with more than 50 million copies sold globally. These titles underscore the diverse tastes of American readers—from fantasy to faith, rebellion to reflection.
  17. Canada has produced globally acclaimed books with impressive publication records that reflect the country’s literary depth and diversity. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale stands as a landmark dystopian novel with millions of copies sold and translations into more than 40 languages, while Yann Martel’s Life of Pi became an international bestseller and Booker Prize winner, selling over 10 million copies worldwide. Alice Munro, a Nobel laureate in Literature, saw her short story collections—like Dear Life and Runaway—garner critical acclaim and strong sales across the English-speaking world. Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, first published in 1908, remains a Canadian cultural icon with over 50 million copies sold. Other notables include Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient, which won the Booker Prize and inspired an Oscar-winning film, and Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance, a bestselling epic often taught in schools. These titles have helped define Canada’s literary identity and leave an enduring global footprint.
  18. Mexico’s literary legacy shines through works that have achieved both critical acclaim and widespread publication. Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo is a cornerstone of magical realism, while Octavio Paz’s The Labyrinth of Solitude remains a definitive study of Mexican identity. Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate became a global bestseller, and Carlos Fuentes’s The Death of Artemio Cruz and Terra Nostra are praised for their historical depth. Mariano Azuela’s The Underdogs endures as a revolutionary classic. Contemporary authors like Yuri Herrera and Fernanda Melchor have brought Mexican literature to new audiences with internationally acclaimed, widely translated works.
  19. South America has given rise to some of the world’s most influential and widely read literature. Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude has sold over 30 million copies and helped define magical realism, while Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist has surpassed 150 million sales globally. Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits and Mario Vargas Llosa’s politically charged novels are international bestsellers, and Jorge Luis Borges’s Ficciones remains a touchstone of modern literature. Classics like Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo, Adolfo Bioy Casares’s The Invention of Morel, and Machado de Assis’s The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas continue to shape South America’s literary legacy worldwide.
  20. Cuba’s literature blends political intensity, magical realism, and cultural introspection, with many works achieving wide readership at home and abroad. Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, written during his time in Cuba, remains a Pulitzer-winning classic. Cristina García’s Dreaming in Cuban brought Cuban-American narratives to global attention, while Leonardo Padura’s Havana Quartet became internationally acclaimed for its noir portrayal of post-revolutionary life. Banned in Cuba but a bestseller abroad, Pedro Juan Gutiérrez’s Dirty Havana Trilogy offers a raw look at the Special Period. Foundational authors like Alejo Carpentier (The Kingdom of This World), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Three Trapped Tigers), and José Lezama Lima (Paradiso) helped define Cuban modernism. Together, these works reflect the island’s enduring literary power.
  21. Brazil’s literary landscape is rich and globally impactful, with Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist leading the charge as one of the best-selling books of all time, surpassing 150 million copies. Classics by Machado de Assis, such as Dom Casmurro and The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, remain foundational to Brazilian literature. João Guimarães Rosa’s The Devil to Pay in the Backlands is a modernist tour de force, while Jorge Amado’s Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon has become a cultural icon in over 40 languages. Clarice Lispector’s The Hour of the Star captivates with its poetic minimalism, and Euclides da Cunha’s Os Sertões provides a sweeping sociopolitical chronicle. Meanwhile, Graciliano Ramos’s Barren Lives and Mário de Andrade’s Macunaíma offer enduring portrayals of Brazil’s harsh realities and folklore-rich modernism, together shaping a literary tradition that resonates far beyond its borders.
  22. Chile has produced a remarkable array of books that have achieved both critical acclaim and impressive publication records. Pablo Neruda’s Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair remains one of the most beloved poetry collections in the Spanish-speaking world, with millions of copies sold since its 1924 release. Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits became a global bestseller and helped define Latin American magical realism. Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 and The Savage Detectives are modern literary landmarks, widely translated and praised for their narrative ambition. José Donoso’s The Obscene Bird of Night is a surrealist classic from the Latin American Boom era. Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American Nobel laureate in Literature, gained international recognition with works like Desolación. Other notable titles include Canto General by Neruda, The Old Man Who Read Love Stories by Luis Sepúlveda, and Distant Star by Bolaño. These works reflect Chile’s literary richness, spanning poetry, political critique, and experimental fiction.
  23. Greece’s literary legacy spans millennia, with books that have shaped Western thought and achieved enduring publication success. Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey are foundational epics, still widely read and studied worldwide. Sophocles’ Oedipus the King and Antigone, along with Euripides’ Medea and Aeschylus’ Oresteia, remain staples of classical drama with countless reprints and adaptations. Plato’s The Republic and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics continue to influence philosophy and political theory globally. In modern literature, Nikos Kazantzakis’s Zorba the Greek became an international bestseller and cultural icon, while Margarita Liberaki’s Three Summers and Alexandros Papadiamantis’s The Murderess are celebrated for their lyrical portrayals of Greek life. These works, ancient and modern, reflect Greece’s profound impact on literature and its lasting global readership.
  24. Africa has produced a wealth of literary masterpieces that have achieved remarkable publication records and global recognition. Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart stands as the most widely read African novel, translated into over 50 languages and selling millions of copies worldwide. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah have both become international bestsellers, praised for their powerful narratives on identity and postcolonial life. J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace and Waiting for the Barbarians are critically acclaimed works that earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature. Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country remains a seminal anti-apartheid novel with enduring popularity. Other notable titles include Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, God’s Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène, Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga, and The Famished Road by Ben Okri, which won the Booker Prize. These books not only broke sales records but also shaped global perceptions of African history, politics, and culture.
  25. South Africa has a powerful literary tradition shaped by its complex history, and several books have achieved remarkable publication records and cultural impact both locally and globally. J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace, a Booker Prize winner, is one of the most internationally acclaimed South African novels, while Alan Paton’s Cry, the Beloved Country remains a classic with millions of copies sold since 1948. Nadine Gordimer’s Burger’s Daughter and July’s People were both banned during apartheid but later celebrated worldwide, contributing to her Nobel Prize in Literature. Athol Fugard’s plays and Breyten Breytenbach’s prison memoir The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist also gained wide readership. Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom became a global bestseller and a defining political autobiography. More recently, Damon Galgut’s The Promise won the Booker Prize in 2021, reaffirming South Africa’s literary prominence. These works reflect the nation’s struggles, resilience, and evolving identity through powerful storytelling.
  26. Japan’s literary legacy spans centuries, from Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji, a millennium-old classic, to Haruki Murakami’s global bestsellers like Norwegian Wood. Nobel laureates Yasunari Kawabata and Kenzaburō Ōe helped define modern Japanese literature, while Natsume Sōseki and Yukio Mishima produced enduring national favorites. Contemporary titles like The Devotion of Suspect X and Convenience Store Woman continue to captivate readers, while manga giants like One Piece have broken global sales records, with over 500 million copies sold. Together, these works reflect Japan’s storytelling brilliance across genres and generations.
  27. China has produced some of the most widely published books in the world, both domestically and globally. Mao Zedong’s Quotations from Chairman Mao, known as the Little Red Book, holds a historic publication record with over a billion copies printed. The enduring Four Great Classical Novels—Journey to the West, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, and Dream of the Red Chamber—remain cultural cornerstones and continue to sell millions of copies. Dream of the Red Chamber in particular is revered as a pinnacle of Chinese literature. In modern times, Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem has achieved international acclaim as the first Asian novel to win the Hugo Award, with millions of copies sold worldwide. Even foreign works like The Little Prince have achieved exceptional success in China, highlighting the country's growing appetite for both domestic and global literature.
  28. Hong Kong’s literary landscape blends colonial history, cultural hybridity, and modern identity, producing books that have made lasting marks both locally and abroad. Janice Y.K. Lee’s The Piano Teacher, a historical fiction set in mid-20th-century Hong Kong, became an international bestseller, while Martin Booth’s memoir Gweilo remains one of the most widely read English-language reflections on colonial Hong Kong. Dung Kai-cheung’s Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City and Xi Xi’s My City offer postmodern and poetic portraits of the city that are widely studied and translated. Chan Ho-Kei’s crime novel The Borrowed gained global attention for its genre-defying structure and political undertones, and John Lanchester’s Fragrant Harbour captures the city’s turbulent transformation across the 20th century. Though Hong Kong’s market is smaller, these titles resonate deeply and help define its literary voice on the world stage.
  29. Taiwan has produced and embraced a diverse range of books that have achieved notable publication records and cultural impact, both domestically and internationally. Nguyễn Du’s The Tale of Kieu, though Vietnamese, is widely read in Taiwan, but homegrown titles also shine. Wu Ming-Yi’s The Stolen Bicycle and The Man with the Compound Eyes have become literary landmarks, blending environmental themes with magical realism and earning international acclaim. Qiu Miaojin’s Notes of a Crocodile, a groundbreaking LGBTQ+ novel from the 1990s, remains a cult classic. Shawna Yang Ryan’s Green Island, though written in English, resonated deeply for its portrayal of Taiwan’s White Terror era. Other influential works include Crystal Boys by Pai Hsien-yung, a pioneering queer novel set in 1970s Taipei, and Orphan of Asia by Wu Zhuoliu, which explores identity under colonial rule. These books not only sold widely but also helped shape Taiwan’s literary identity, reflecting its complex history, evolving social values, and global literary reach.
  30. Vietnam has produced a range of influential books with impressive publication records and cultural significance. Nguyễn Du’s The Tale of Kieu, a 19th-century verse novel, is considered the national literary treasure, widely studied and read across generations. Similarly, Nguyễn Đình Chiểu’s Luc Van Tien remains a beloved poetic epic highlighting virtue and loyalty. Twentieth-century works like Ngô Tất Tố’s Tat Den and Nam Cao’s Chi Pheo sharply critiqued social injustice and became staples in Vietnamese education. Modern classics such as Bảo Ninh’s The Sorrow of War and Dương Thu Hương’s Paradise of the Blind gained international acclaim despite political controversy. Vietnamese-American authors like Viet Thanh Nguyen (The Sympathizer) and Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (The Mountains Sing) further expanded global appreciation for Vietnamese narratives, both becoming bestsellers and award winners. Together, these works reflect Vietnam’s evolving literary identity and its deep resonance at home and abroad.
  31. The Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is the oldest continuously operating bookstore in the United States, having been founded by the Moravian Church in 1745. Though some consider it the oldest in the world, that global distinction is typically held by Livraria Bertrand in Lisbon, Portugal, which dates to 1732 but closed briefly after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake—giving the Moravian Book Shop a unique claim to uninterrupted operation. Today, the store continues its nearly 280-year legacy under the management of Barnes & Noble College Booksellers and in affiliation with Moravian University, serving both the local community and academic readers.
  32. The Diamond Sutra, printed on May 11, 868 CE during China’s Tang Dynasty, is considered the oldest surviving dated printed book in the world. Discovered among the Dunhuang manuscripts in the Mogao Caves—a significant archaeological site along the Silk Road—it was commissioned by a man named Wang Jie in honor of his parents. This sacred Mahayana Buddhist text was produced using woodblock printing and extends over 16 feet in length. It features not only the sutra itself in Chinese but also the earliest known printed book illustration: a detailed frontispiece depicting the Buddha teaching his disciple Subhuti. Now preserved in the British Library, the Diamond Sutra stands as a landmark achievement in both printing history and religious literature.
  33. Diamond Sūtra, Siddur, Book of Kells, St. Cuthbert Gospel, and Gutenberg Bible are some of the oldest surviving books in the world. These books provide invaluable insights into ancient civilizations, religious traditions, and the evolution of writing and printing.
    • Diamond Sūtra (868 AD) – The world's oldest dated printed book, a Buddhist text discovered in China.
    • Siddur (c. 840 AD) – A Jewish prayer book, one of the oldest known religious texts still in its original binding.
    • Book of Kells (c. 800 AD) – An illuminated manuscript containing the four Gospels, created by Irish monks.
    • St. Cuthbert Gospel (7th century AD) – The oldest surviving European book, a copy of the Gospel of St. John.
    • Gutenberg Bible (1454–1455 AD) – The first book printed using mass-produced movable type, marking a revolution in printing.
  34. Boris Pasternak is one of the most famous authors who wrote only one novel and won the Nobel Prize in Literature. His novel, Doctor Zhivago, was published in 1957 and became a literary classic. However, due to its critical portrayal of Soviet society, it was banned in the USSR. Despite this, Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1958, though he was pressured by Soviet authorities to decline the award. Doctor Zhivago is a rich, multi-layered novel that explores rich profound themes, including love and passion, individual vs. society, war and revolution, nature and beauty, and fate and destiny; it's a deeply poetic novel with layers of meaning.
  35. Emily Brontë, Oscar Wilde, Margaret Mitchell, J.D. Salinger, Sylvia Plath, Anna Sewell, Boris Pasternak, and Ralph Ellison are some authors who became famous for writing just one novel! These authors left a lasting impact on literature despite only publishing one novel. Some, like Salinger and Plath, wrote extensively in other formats, such as poetry or short stories, but never published another full-length novel.
  36. Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester is one of the most valuable manuscripts in the world. The Codex Leicester is a 72-page document filled with da Vinci's sketches and ideas on subjects like astronomy, mechanics, botany, mathematics, and architecture. Bill Gates was fascinated by Leonardo da Vinci's Renaissance way of thinking, describing him as someone who relentlessly pursued knowledge for its own sake. He purchased this book in 1994 for $30.8 million, making it one of the most expensive books ever sold.
  37. The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Princess Bride, Catch-22, Good Omens, A Confederacy of Dunces, Cold Comfort Farm, and The Sellout are ones of the funniest novels for a good laugh. These books tend to be satirical, absurd, or darkly humorous, while other comedic books might focus more on observational humor, witty dialogue, or personal anecdotes, they bring some laughter into our life!
    • The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams – A sci-fi comedy classic filled with absurdity and wit.
    • The Princess Bride by William Goldman – A mix of adventure, romance, and humor that’s just as funny as the movie.
    • Catch-22 by Joseph Heller – A satirical masterpiece that turns bureaucracy and war into comedy.
    • Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman – A hilarious take on the apocalypse with an angel and a demon teaming up.
    • A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole – A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel featuring one of literature’s most eccentric protagonists.
    • Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons – A witty satire of rural life and melodramatic novels.
    • The Sellout by Paul Beatty – A sharp, satirical novel about race and society that reads like a stand-up routine.
  38. In her book, "Becoming", Michelle Obama talked about growing up on Chicago's South Side. She denounces Trump's years' long "birther" campaign questioning her husband's citizenship, calling it bigoted and dangerous. President Donald Trump suggested President Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. but on foreign soil — his father was Kenyan. The former president was born in Hawaii. She wrote that she was unable to put on a happy face and smile during President Donald Trump's inauguration in her new book.
  39. Ray Bradbury wrote the first draft of Fahrenheit 451 in 1953 on coin-operated typewriters at the UCLA library, spending $9.80 over nine days to expand what began as a novella, The Fireman, into the full novel. Meanwhile, historian David McCullough purchased a second-hand 1940 Royal typewriter in 1965 for $25 and used it to compose every one of his published books, including John Adams and The Wright Brothers, embracing the slower, tactile nature of typing as a deliberate part of his writing process.
  40. Author Cormac McCarthy continues to write his novels on an Olivetti Lettera 32 typewriter to the present day. In 2009, the Lettera he obtained from a pawn shop in 1963, on which nearly all his novels and screenplays have been written, was auctioned for charity at Christie's for $254,500. After it was sold McCarthy obtained an identical replacement for $20 to continue writing on.
  41. The Egyptian government, often sentences writers and journalists for their writing in books or articles in magazines or newspapers; in February 2016 its public prosecutor sentenced writer Ahmed Naji to 2 years in prison and fined $1,277 for his novel "The Use of Life", in which the characters smoke cannabis, have sex and wander the city; in 2013, writer Karam Saber was sentenced to 5 years in jail on charges of "contempt for religion" for his short story collection "Where is God"; and in 2008, comic-book writer Magdy El Shafee was fined and his graphic novel "Metro" was banned, it was republished in 2012.
  42. Wikipedia, one of the world’s most-visited websites, serves as a key resource for students, scholars, journalists, and the general public due to its expansive, user-generated content. However, the platform faces a significant gender imbalance among its contributors, with studies—such as a 2011 Wikimedia Foundation survey—indicating that around 90% of Wikipedia editors identify as male. This disparity has raised concerns about the diversity of perspectives in its articles, prompting initiatives like edit-a-thons and movements such as Women in Red to encourage greater participation from underrepresented groups and broaden the encyclopedia’s scope and inclusivity.
  43. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", a children's adventure novel written in 1865, by Lewis Carroll, was formerly banned in the province of Hunan, China, beginning in 1931, for its portrayal of anthropomorphized animals acting on the same level of complexity as human beings. The censor Chinese government believed that attributing human language to animals was an insult to humans, and feared that the book would teach children to regard humans and animals on the same level, which would be "disastrous".
  44. Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, completed in 1876, is widely considered the first novel written using a typewriter. Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) reportedly used a Remington No. 1 typewriter for the manuscript, marking a historic shift in literary creation. Although there’s some discussion over whether Life on the Mississippi was the first typewritten work he submitted for publication, Twain himself claimed Tom Sawyer was the first book he composed on the machine—though he later confessed he found typing frustrating and often returned to writing by hand.
  45. Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl, written during World War II and published posthumously in 1947, has faced isolated incidents of censorship, including a notable case in Lebanon. In 2009, a private English-language school in Beirut removed a textbook containing excerpts from the diary after pressure from Hezbollah, which objected to the book’s portrayal of Jewish suffering and perceived promotion of Zionism. Although this incident drew international attention, Lebanon’s Directorate General of General Security did not issue an official ban. As a result, the diary remains accessible in Lebanese libraries and bookstores, including those of the Lebanese American University and Antoine Online, underscoring that it was not banned nationwide but rather subject to localized and politically driven pushback.
  46. Mark Twain (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, left formal schooling at the age of 12 after his father died in 1847, plunging the family into financial hardship. In 1848, he began working as a printer’s apprentice for the Missouri Courier, and later joined his brother Orion’s newspaper, the Hannibal Journal, as a typesetter and occasional contributor. Though he never returned to school, Twain’s voracious reading and hands-on experience in journalism and publishing laid the foundation for his literary genius. His life is a testament to how unconventional paths can still lead to extraordinary legacies.
  47. Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, is widely regarded as the most well-read president in American history, reportedly reading an average of one book per day—even during his presidency. A speed reader with a prodigious memory, he often devoured a book before breakfast and could read multiple more in the evening, spanning subjects from poetry and philosophy to science, history, and foreign languages. His insatiable literary appetite shaped his intellect, leadership, and worldview, leaving behind a legacy not just of bold action, but of deeply informed thought.
  48. Between 2011 and 2013, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway acquired 28 regional newspapers for $344 million, eventually consolidating them into BH Media Group, which owned 69 titles before being sold to Lee Enterprises in 2020 for $140 million—alongside a $576 million financing deal from Berkshire. In 2013, Jeff Bezos purchased The Washington Post for $250 million as a personal acquisition, ushering in a wave of digital innovation while maintaining editorial independence. That same year, John Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox, bought The Boston Globe for $70 million, a steep drop from its 1993 sale price of $1.1 billion, and has since emphasized local ownership and a renewed focus on regional journalism.
  49. Long before the advent of newspapers in the early 17th century, centralized empires circulated official bulletins to communicate news, laws, and government decisions. In Ancient Rome, the Acta Diurna, initiated by Julius Caesar around 59 BCE, were public notices carved on stone or metal and displayed in forums. Similarly, in Imperial China, news sheets like the tipao and Kaiyuan Za Bao were handwritten on silk and distributed among court officials during the Han and Tang dynasties. In 16th-century Venice, handwritten newsletters known as avvisi were sold to merchants and diplomats, providing updates on politics and commerce. These early information channels laid the groundwork for modern journalism and the eventual rise of printed newspapers in the 1600s.
  50. As of 2025, the global newspaper industry has seen a marked decline from 2005, when there were approximately 6,580 daily newspaper titles selling 395 million print copies a day worldwide (including 1,450 titles selling 55 million copies in the U.S.). By 2024, the number of daily newspapers in the U.S. had dropped to around 1,033, with print circulation falling significantly as many outlets either closed, merged, or pivoted to digital formats. Major publications like The New York Times now count the majority of their subscribers in digital form—over 11 million total, with only about 250,000 in print—illustrating a global shift in news consumption toward on-demand, digital platforms.
  51. The Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, first printed in 1605 by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg, is widely recognized as the world’s first newspaper. Originally compiled from handwritten news briefs prepared for wealthy patrons, the publication marked a historic shift when Carolus began producing printed issues on a regular basis using a press. Though sometimes debated for its format, the Relation is acknowledged by the World Association of Newspapers and many historians as the earliest true newspaper, due to its regular publication, public distribution, and focus on timely events. While the oldest surviving copies date from 1609, documentary evidence confirms that its printed circulation began four years earlier, laying the foundation for the development of journalism throughout Europe.
  52. The Corrant out of Italy, Germany, etc., published in Amsterdam in 1620, is considered the first English-language newspaper. Though produced in the Netherlands, it was aimed at English readers eager for international news, particularly during the upheaval of the Thirty Years’ War. As a forerunner of English journalism, the Corrant set the stage for subsequent English-language publications like Corante, or Weekly Newes, which appeared in London around 1621. This pioneering newsbook was part of a broader European trend of "corantos"—brief, periodic reports on foreign events—translated or adapted across borders, helping to shape the foundations of a modern news culture.
  53. La Gazette, originally titled Gazette de France, was the first newspaper published in France, launched on May 30, 1631, by Théophraste Renaudot with the support of Cardinal Richelieu. Initially a weekly publication, it served as an official channel for royal and political news, aiming to centralize and control the flow of information in the highly structured state of the Ancien Régime. Over time, it became a key medium for reporting diplomatic and court affairs, and in 1762, it formally adopted the name Gazette de France. The paper continued publication under various forms until it ceased in 1915, leaving a lasting legacy as a cornerstone of French journalism.
  54. A Gazeta da Restauração, officially titled Gazeta em que se relatam as novas todas que houve nesta corte e que vieram de várias partes no mês de novembro de 1641, was the first newspaper published in Portugal, launched in Lisbon in November 1641 following the Portuguese Restoration of Independence. Created under royal authorization and overseen by clergyman and poet Manuel de Galhegos, it served to circulate political and military news supporting the newly established Bragança monarchy. Printed by Lourenço de Anvers, the publication was issued monthly but had a short lifespan, ending in July 1642 by royal decree. Despite its brief run, it marked the birth of Portuguese journalism and played a critical role in shaping public opinion during a transformative moment in the nation’s history.
  55. The Gaceta de Madrid, first published in 1661 under the auspices of the Spanish Crown, is widely regarded as Spain’s inaugural newspaper, created to distribute official government communications. Originally appearing as a weekly bulletin, it gradually transformed into a daily gazette, becoming a key vehicle for reporting political developments, military campaigns, and international affairs. Over the centuries, it underwent several changes in format and title, ultimately evolving into the Boletín Oficial del Estado in the 20th century, which remains the official state publication to this day.
  56. Post- och Inrikes Tidningar, originally published as Ordinari Post Tijdender in 1645 under the reign of Queen Christina of Sweden, is the world’s oldest newspaper still in existence. Initially serving as a printed gazette for official state announcements, it evolved over the centuries into Sweden’s formal public record. Since 2007, it has been published exclusively online, becoming the first historic newspaper to go fully digital while preserving its official status. Today, it is managed by the Swedish Companies Registration Office and operates under the oversight of the Swedish Academy, which has been involved with the publication since 1791.
  57. The Oprechte Haarlemsche Courant, first published in 1656 in Haarlem during the Dutch Golden Age, is considered the oldest newspaper still in circulation, now known as the Haarlems Dagblad. Originally a weekly publication catering to the intellectual and merchant classes, its name—“Oprechte”—signified sincerity and trustworthy reporting. Over the centuries, it evolved through mergers but always retained its deep roots in Haarlem, making it a living archive of history that has chronicled revolutions, wars, cultural shifts, and technological progress for nearly 370 years.
  58. Merkuriusz Polski Ordynaryjny, Poland’s first newspaper, debuted in Kraków in 1661 under the patronage of King John II Casimir. Published weekly in both Polish and Latin, it served as a semi-official gazette, relaying royal decrees, diplomatic news, and European affairs to the Polish nobility. Though its run was short-lived—lasting only a year—it marked a pivotal moment in Poland's media history, laying the foundation for political communication and public discourse through print.
  59. The Daily Courant, launched in London on March 11, 1702, by Elizabeth Mallet, was England’s first successful daily newspaper and a pioneering force in British journalism. Published as a single page of foreign news with advertisements on the reverse, it stood out for Mallet’s stated intent to report facts without personal commentary, trusting readers to form their own opinions. After forty days, she transferred ownership to Samuel Buckley, who continued publishing the paper until its merger with the Daily Gazetteer in 1735. The Daily Courant set a precedent for regular news dissemination and helped lay the foundation for the modern press.
  60. Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, published in Boston on September 25, 1690, by Benjamin Harris, was the first newspaper in the American colonies. Intended as a monthly publication, it consisted of four pages and aimed to inform the public about both local and international events. However, it was shut down after just one issue by colonial authorities for being printed without official license and for including controversial content, such as criticism of the British military and unverified political gossip. Despite its abrupt end, it marked the beginning of American journalism and foreshadowed future struggles for press freedom in the colonies.
  61. The Boston News-Letter, first published on April 24, 1704, in Boston, Massachusetts, was the first continuously published newspaper in the American colonies. Founded by John Campbell, Boston's postmaster, and printed by Bartholomew Green, it followed earlier, short-lived attempts like Publick Occurrences (1690) but gained official approval and ran weekly for more than 70 years until 1776. Initially focused on European—especially British—news, it gradually expanded to include local reports and commentary, marking a major step forward in colonial journalism and helping lay the groundwork for a vibrant American press tradition.
  62. The Pennsylvania Evening Post holds the distinction of being the first daily newspaper in the United States, launching its daily edition on May 30, 1783, in Philadelphia. Originally founded by Benjamin Towne in 1775, the paper had already secured its place in history as the first to print the Declaration of Independence on July 6, 1776. Its shift to daily publication marked a defining moment in American journalism—even if the format lasted only until 1784. A truly revolutionary press, both in timing and in impact.
  63. The Halifax Gazette, first published on March 23, 1752, by John Bushell in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is recognized as Canada’s first newspaper. Initially printed on just half a sheet of foolscap paper, the two-page gazette featured news from Britain, Europe, and the American colonies, along with local advertisements and official announcements. The publication was the continuation of a project begun by Bartholomew Green Jr., who had brought the printing press to Halifax in 1751 but passed away before he could realize the venture. Bushell carried the effort forward, becoming the colony's first printer and laying the foundation for Canadian journalism—a legacy that endures today in the form of Nova Scotia’s Royal Gazette.
  64. The Quebec Gazette, first printed on June 21, 1764, by William Brown and Thomas Gilmore in Quebec City, is recognized as the oldest continuously published newspaper in North America. Originally a bilingual publication in French and English, it began as a weekly four-page paper featuring local and foreign news, official documents, and advertisements. Over the centuries, it evolved through various mergers and name changes, eventually becoming the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. Today, it continues as an English-language weekly, published from its offices at 1040 Belvédère, suite 218, Quebec City, maintaining a legacy that spans more than 260 years.
  65. El Peruano, first published on October 22, 1825, in Lima under the name El Peruano Independiente, is the oldest newspaper in Peru. Established by Simón Bolívar as an official government publication, it was intended to support his presence in the country and communicate governmental decrees. Over the years, it has evolved into Peru’s official daily newspaper, tasked with publishing laws, legal norms, and government resolutions. Despite undergoing various name changes and occasional interruptions, it holds the distinction of being the oldest Spanish-language newspaper still in circulation today.
  66. The Nagasaki Shipping List and Advertiser, first published on June 22, 1861, by Englishman A. W. Hansard, is recognized as the first modern newspaper in Japan. Issued bi-weekly from Hansard’s office at No. 31 Ōura in the Nagasaki Foreign Settlement, it was printed in English and primarily served the foreign merchant community, featuring shipping news, advertisements, and local updates. Although only 28 issues were produced—ending on October 1, 1861—the paper marked a pivotal moment in Japanese media history. Hansard later moved to Yokohama, where he launched the Japan Herald, continuing his influential role in the development of English-language journalism in Japan.
  67. The Sinodal de Aguilafuente, printed in 1472 in Segovia by the German printer Juan Párix, is recognized as the first book ever printed in Spain and in the Spanish language. Commissioned by Bishop Juan Arias Dávila, the book contains the proceedings of a diocesan synod held in the town of Aguilafuente that same year. It was produced in a modest format—48 pages without a title page—and printed in Roman type, reflecting the influence of Italian printing styles. Though only one known copy survives today, housed in the Segovia Cathedral, the Sinodal marks a pivotal moment in Spanish publishing history, ushering in the age of print and laying the foundation for the spread of literacy and knowledge throughout the Iberian Peninsula.
  68. The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, translated from French by William Caxton, holds the distinction of being the first book ever printed in the English language. Likely produced in Bruges around 1473–1474, though traditionally dated to 1475, the work was Caxton’s English rendition of Raoul Lefèvre’s romanticized retelling of the Trojan War. Its title, meaning “collection of the histories of Troy,” reflected Caxton’s goal of making classical and courtly tales accessible to English-speaking readers. This landmark publication not only marked the beginning of English print culture but also launched Caxton’s career as England’s first printer, laying the groundwork for the proliferation of English literature in the age of movable type.
  69. The Bay Psalm Book, officially titled The Whole Booke of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre, was printed in 1640 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is recognized as the first book printed in British North America. Produced by Stephen Daye using the colonies’ earliest printing press—imported just two years earlier—it was commissioned by the Puritan leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a metrical translation of the Psalms from Hebrew into English verse for congregational singing. Though its poetry was rudimentary by later standards, the book marked a major cultural milestone and remained widely used for over a century. Today, only eleven known copies of the original edition survive, making it one of the rarest and most prized early American printed works.
  70. The New South Wales General Standing Orders, printed in 1802 at the Government Press in Sydney by George Howe, holds the distinction of being the first book published in Australia. Commissioned by Governor Philip Gidley King, the volume compiled nearly 800 government and general orders issued between 1791 and 1802, covering a wide range of colonial regulations—from the punishment of “restless and turbulent characters” to the pricing of bread. Prior to its publication, such orders were circulated irregularly, often read aloud in churches or posted as broadsides. By consolidating them into a single indexed volume, Governor King aimed to standardize governance and ensure colonists could no longer claim ignorance of the law. The Standing Orders not only marked the birth of Australian print culture but also laid the groundwork for the colony’s legal and administrative framework.
  71. The modern book format—as we recognize it today, with printed pages in codex form bound between covers—dates to the 15th century, when Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the movable-type printing press around 1440 revolutionized book production. While the codex format itself had existed since Roman times, earlier versions were handwritten on materials like parchment or vellum. The game changer came with the widespread use of paper, which had been introduced to Europe through the Islamic world and offered a cheaper, more accessible alternative to older materials. The convergence of printing technology and paper availability enabled the mass production of books, launching the era of incunabula (books printed before 1501) and setting the foundation for modern publishing, literacy, and the rapid spread of knowledge across Europe and beyond.
  72. Books printed in Europe before January 1, 1501, are known as incunables (from the Latin incunabula, meaning “swaddling clothes” or “cradle”), signifying the infancy of the printing press era following Gutenberg’s invention of movable type around 1450. This term includes all early printed materials—books, pamphlets, and broadsides—produced during the first 50 years of European printing. Incunables can be divided into block books, created by carving entire pages onto wooden blocks, and typographic books, printed with individual movable metal type, like the Gutenberg Bible. Although the cutoff year of 1500 is more a scholarly convention than a technological turning point, works printed shortly thereafter closely resemble incunables in format and style, with those from 1501 to around 1540 often referred to as post-incunabula.
  73. Johannes Gutenberg, a German inventor and goldsmith, is credited with inventing the first mechanized printing press in Europe around 1440, revolutionizing the production of books with his development of movable metal type, oil-based ink, and a modified screw press adapted from wine-making tools. His landmark achievement, the Gutenberg Bible completed around 1455, marked the beginning of the Printing Revolution and made mass communication and widespread literacy possible. While Gutenberg’s system transformed Europe, movable type printing had already been pioneered in East Asia centuries earlier—most notably by Bi Sheng in 11th-century China and with metal type in 13th-century Korea—highlighting the global roots of this transformative technology.
  74. By the year 377 CE, Rome boasted 28 public libraries, reflecting the city's rich intellectual and cultural life in the late Roman Empire. These libraries, often founded by emperors or elite patrons, held collections in both Greek and Latin and served as communal hubs for reading, scholarship, and philosophical debate. The tradition of public libraries had taken root during the reign of Augustus, with notable examples like the Bibliotheca Palatina and the Library of the Temple of Peace, and by the 4th century, they had become prominent features of urban life—though many would eventually decline amid the empire's political and economic instability.
  75. Book production in Rome began developing in the 1st century BCE alongside the emergence of Latin literature and under the strong influence of Greek cultural models. Wealthy patrons, such as Cicero’s friend Atticus, were instrumental in the production and dissemination of texts, often employing teams of scribes—many of them enslaved—to copy manuscripts by hand onto papyrus scrolls. These scrolls were sold in bookshops and circulated among the educated elite, supporting a modest but thriving literary market in the city, where an estimated 100,000 individuals were literate. Although authors typically relied on patronage rather than profit, this period marked a key phase in the professionalization of literature and laid the foundations for the Roman book trade and the evolution of book formats.
  76. The Library at Pergamon, founded by Attalus I, contained 200,000 volumes, were moved to the Serapeion by Mark Antony and Cleopatra, after the destruction of the Museion. The Serapeion was partially destroyed in 391, and the last books disappeared in 641 CE following the Arab conquest.
  77. The Library of Alexandria, a library created by Ptolemy Soter and set up by Demetrius Phalereus (Demetrius of Phaleron), contained 500,900 volumes (in the Museion section) and 40,000 at the Serapis temple (Serapeion). The Museion was partially destroyed in 47 BC.
  78. In ancient China, silk served as one of the earliest writing surfaces, prized for its smooth texture and durability, which made it ideal for brushwork. Scholars used brushes crafted from animal hair to write characters in ink on silk scrolls, a practice that laid the foundation for Chinese calligraphy. However, because silk was costly and less accessible, it was primarily reserved for important documents, artwork, and elite communication. This exclusivity underscored the transformative impact of paper’s invention in the 1st–2nd century CE, offering a more affordable and widely available alternative while preserving the brush-and-ink tradition.
  79. Writing is believed to have developed gradually between the 7th and 4th millennia BCE, beginning with proto-writing systems in Neolithic cultures that used symbols and pictographs—such as the Jiahu symbols in China or the Vinča signs in southeastern Europe—to convey basic information. True writing capable of representing spoken language emerged by the 4th millennium BCE in several regions independently: cuneiform in Mesopotamia around 3400–3100 BCE, Egyptian hieroglyphs around 3250 BCE, and later systems such as Chinese oracle bone script around 1200 BCE and Mesoamerican glyphs by 500 BCE. These innovations marked a pivotal shift from symbolic notation to structured language recording, ushering in the dawn of recorded history across civilizations.
  80. Long before the 2nd century BCE, writing in China was practiced on various materials including bones, turtle shells, wood, and silk. The most prominent early evidence comes from the oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (circa 1600–1050 BCE), where characters were carved onto ox scapulae and turtle plastrons for divination. Simultaneously, wooden and bamboo slips served as common mediums for recording administrative and literary texts, especially during the Warring States period and early Han Dynasty. Silk, though expensive, was used for important writings and early calligraphy due to its smooth, durable surface. These writing materials played a crucial role in shaping Chinese written tradition and preserving early records, setting the stage for paper’s eventual emergence in the 1st–2nd century CE.
  81. The earliest printing of books began in China during the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE), though the exact date remains unclear. The primary method was woodblock printing, where entire pages were carved into wooden blocks and pressed onto paper—a technique likely developed around the mid-7th century. One of the oldest known printed works is the Diamond Sutra, dated to 868 CE, discovered in a cave near Dunhuang and widely regarded as the world’s oldest surviving printed book. By the late Tang period, printed texts such as Buddhist scriptures, almanacs, and even commercial receipts were circulating, especially in cosmopolitan centers like Chang’an, marking a pivotal advancement in the transmission of knowledge.
  82. Paper was invented in China during the Eastern Han Dynasty, traditionally credited to court official Cai Lun around 105 CE, who developed a method using mulberry bark, hemp, rags, and fishing nets to create a more practical writing surface. However, archaeological finds suggest that earlier, cruder forms of paper made from hemp existed as far back as the 2nd century BCE. This innovation revolutionized communication by replacing heavier and costlier materials like bamboo, silk, and parchment, enabling broader literacy and efficient record-keeping. The technology spread along the Silk Road, reaching the Islamic world by the 8th century and Europe by the 11th, and by the Song Dynasty, China was mass-producing paper for uses ranging from maps and packaging to armor and even the world’s first paper money.
  83. Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace, first published in 1884, is a renowned short story and morality tale frequently studied in classrooms around the world. It tells the story of Mathilde Loisel, a middle-class woman who longs for wealth and sophistication. When she borrows what she believes to be an expensive diamond necklace for a lavish ball and subsequently loses it, she and her husband spend the next ten years in hardship repaying the debt to replace it—only to discover in the end that the necklace was an imitation. Revered for its masterful use of irony and its sharp critique of vanity and social ambition, The Necklace remains one of Maupassant’s most enduring and widely read works.
  84. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek" written by Ambrose Bierce is a most famous short story. It was first published in the San Francisco Examiner in 1890; and it then appeared in Bierce's 1891 collection Tales of Soldiers and Civilians.
  85. As of 2024, the estimated number of unique books in the world has grown to approximately 170 million, building on Google’s 2010 figure of 129,864,880 and factoring in an average of 2.2 million new titles published each year, according to UNESCO. The 2023 estimate stood slightly lower at around 158 million. These figures encompass print, digital, and audio formats across languages and regions, though the true count is difficult to determine due to variables like self-published works without ISBNs, multiple editions or translations of the same title, and elusive historical texts. Still, it underscores the staggering scale of the global literary universe—far beyond what even the most ambitious reader could hope to finish in a lifetime.
▷ Banned Books
  1. North America contributes 7.41% of all recorded book bans globally, with the vast majority occurring in the United States. These bans are largely concentrated in schools and public libraries, often driven by organized campaigns targeting books that explore race, gender identity, and sexuality. The American Library Association and PEN America have documented thousands of such instances in recent years, highlighting a sharp rise in censorship efforts across multiple states.
  2. Europe accounts for 33.07% of all recorded book bans worldwide, making it the second-highest region after Asia, with Ireland leading among European nations at 6.35%, the most outside of Asia; other key contributors include Germany, Spain, Russia, and the UK, all ranking in the global top 10. The majority of these bans occurred during the 20th century and were often directed at novels, political texts, and religious works, reflecting the continent’s complex relationship with censorship and literary freedom.
  3. South America accounts for just 2.38% of all recorded book bans worldwide, with the majority occurring in Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship (1973–1990). During that era, the regime imposed strict censorship on literature deemed subversive or politically threatening, targeting works by leftist authors, international thinkers, and even poetry. While the region’s overall share of bans is relatively low, Chile’s history highlights how authoritarian governments have used book censorship as a tool for control and repression.
  4. Asia accounts for nearly 44% of all recorded book bans worldwide, with India leading the list at 11.11%, followed by China at 8.99% and Singapore at 8.47%, according to WordsRated’s global report. Most of these bans have occurred during the 20th and 21st centuries, primarily targeting novels, nonfiction, and political texts. The data underscores how literature continues to challenge authority and stir cultural conversations across the region.
  5. Africa and Australia together account for 6.61% of all recorded book bans worldwide, according to WordsRated’s global statistics. While this is a smaller share compared to Asia and Europe, both regions have notable histories of censorship. In Australia, bans have historically targeted books deemed obscene or politically sensitive, with some titles prohibited for decades1. African countries have also imposed bans, often driven by political regimes or religious authorities. The numbers reflect how censorship, though unevenly distributed, remains a global phenomenon.
  6. Over 70.9% of all publicly available recorded book bans worldwide stem from the 20th century, making it the most censorship-heavy era in modern history. An additional 16.62% of bans have occurred in the 21st century, reflecting ongoing efforts to suppress literature even in contemporary times. These figures highlight how book banning has evolved but remains a persistent global issue.
  7. In response to widespread censorship, several publishers boldly specialized in printing banned literature. The Paris-based Obelisk Press and Olympia Press, led by Jack Kahane and his son Maurice Girodias, became famous for publishing English-language books like Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller and Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs—works prohibited at the time in both Great Britain and the United States due to their explicit content. Similarly, Ruedo ibérico, also located in Paris, focused on disseminating literature banned in Spain during Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, offering a vital outlet for Spanish dissident voices. Additionally, Russian works censored during the Soviet era were published abroad, ensuring that authors like Solzhenitsyn and Pasternak could still reach global readers despite domestic suppression. These publishers played a vital role in preserving intellectual freedom and challenging the reach of state censorship.
  8. Governments around the world have banned many influential books over the years for challenging political ideologies, religious beliefs, or social norms. Famous examples include George Orwell’s 1984, censored in countries like China and Russia for its critique of totalitarianism; Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, banned across India, Iran, Pakistan, and Egypt for alleged blasphemy; Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita, restricted in Argentina and Australia due to its provocative themes; Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, removed from shelves in Ireland, Australia, and India over sexual and anti-religious content; and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, which was challenged in the USSR and parts of the U.S. for socialist undertones. Even Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451—a novel about censorship—has faced its own bans, while several Shakespeare plays have been restricted for religious or cultural reasons. These actions underscore how literature continues to provoke, inspire, and stir debate across generations.
  9. Many famous books have faced bans or challenges due to their bold themes and controversial content. George Orwell’s 1984 has been censored for its political critique of totalitarian regimes, while J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye is often challenged for profanity and rebellious themes. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird has been targeted for its portrayal of racism and use of racial slurs, and Alice Walker’s The Color Purple for graphic sexual content and abuse. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World faced bans for its anti-religious and dystopian themes, as did Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale for critiquing religious control and gender oppression. Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye has been pulled from shelves for addressing racism and sexual abuse, and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five for its anti-war stance and language. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is censored for racial slurs and euthanasia themes, and Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is frequently challenged for dealing with alcoholism, sex, and identity. Despite these bans, these works endure as powerful expressions of truth, imagination, and resistance.
  10. Books have been banned around the world for reasons ranging from political dissent and religious offense to sexual content and cultural taboos. Titles like The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie have been prohibited in countries like Iran and India for blasphemy, while Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov has faced bans for its explicit content. George Orwell’s Animal Farm was rejected in the UAE and Cuba for its anti-government allegory, and Mein Kampf was long banned in Germany and Austria due to its Nazi ideology. Other censored works include Persepolis for criticizing the Iranian regime, The Diary of Anne Frank for political sensitivities, and American Psycho and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland for graphic or controversial depictions. These bans reflect broader global trends, with nearly 50 countries enacting censorship measures in recent years—often boosting a book’s notoriety rather than silencing it.
  11. Books are banned globally for a variety of reasons tied to political control, religious sensitivities, social norms, and concerns about morality or youth exposure. Governments frequently censor works that challenge authority or promote dissent, such as 1984 or Animal Farm, while religious institutions may ban books seen as blasphemous, like The Satanic Verses. Titles containing sexual content, LGBTQ+ themes, or graphic violence—such as Lolita or American Psycho—are often prohibited on grounds of protecting public decency or minors. Cultural taboos around topics like gender identity, race, and colonial history also contribute to censorship, as do national security concerns, especially in regimes that fear separatist or anti-government ideologies. Globally, patterns vary: China restricts criticism of the Communist Party, Russia and Hungary target LGBTQ+ content under “child protection” laws, the U.S. has seen rising bans focused on race and gender in schools, and Middle Eastern nations often suppress Western-influenced or religiously controversial works. Ironically, bans often spark more interest in these books, turning them into symbols of resistance and intellectual freedom.
  12. Lung Ying-tai’s Big River, Big Sea — Untold Stories of 1949, published in 2009, was banned in Mainland China due to its candid portrayal of the Chinese Civil War and the misdeeds of the Red Army during that era. The book, which sold over 100,000 copies in Taiwan and 10,000 in Hong Kong within its first month, aimed to shed light on the personal stories of those displaced by the war—especially the two miwho llion fled to Taiwan after the Kuomintang’s defeat. Despite Lung’s hope that readers in Mainland China would engage with the book, its critical tone led to censorship. Nevertheless, it remains accessible to some readers in China through online channels.
  13. Li Hongzhi’s Zhuan Falun, published in 1993, is the foundational text of Falun Gong—a spiritual practice combining meditation, moral philosophy, and traditional Chinese exercises. The book was banned in Mainland China in 1999 when the government labeled Falun Gong an “evil cult” and launched a sweeping crackdown on its practitioners2. Authorities viewed the movement’s rapid growth and organizational independence as a threat to Communist Party control, especially after a large peaceful protest outside Zhongnanhai, the central government compound. Since the ban, Falun Gong followers have faced surveillance, detention, and reports of torture and forced organ harvesting. Despite the censorship, Zhuan Falun remains widely read outside China and continues to be a symbol of spiritual resistance and human rights advocacy.
  14. "The Devil's Discus", a non-fiction novel written in 1964 by Rayne Kruger, was banned in Thailand in 2006, for an inquiry into the mysterious death of the 20-year-old King of Thailand just after the Second World War.
  15. Manlio Argueta’s One Day of Life, published in 1980, was banned in El Salvador shortly after its release due to its unflinching portrayal of human rights abuses committed by the government’s paramilitary intelligence group, the Organización Democrática Nacionalista. Set in the rural town of Chalatenango, the novel follows the daily struggles of Guadalupe Guardado and her family as they navigate poverty, repression, and political unrest on the eve of the Salvadoran Civil War. The government viewed the book’s depiction of torture, disappearances, and resistance as subversive, prompting its censorship. Argueta himself was exiled for over two decades due to his political activism, but the novel went on to be recognized as one of the most important Latin American works of the 20th century.
  16. Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, published in 1929, was banned by the Nazi regime for its stark, unflinching portrayal of the horrors of World War I and its perceived insult to the German military. The novel’s anti-war message clashed with Nazi ideals of heroism and nationalism, prompting Joseph Goebbels, the Minister of Propaganda, to orchestrate public disruptions of its film adaptation and label it a “Jewish film”. In 1933, the book was officially banned and burned as part of the regime’s broader censorship campaign against works deemed “un-German”3. Ironically, its humanistic tone and political neutrality were precisely what made it so threatening to Nazi ideology.
  17. George Orwell’s Animal Farm, released in 1945, has been widely censored for its sharp political allegory critiquing authoritarianism—most notably, it was banned in the Soviet Union soon after publication and remains prohibited in North Korea. Vietnam has censored the novel, likely due to its portrayal of corrupt leadership and revolutionary betrayal. In 2002, the United Arab Emirates banned the book from private schools, citing images and text—especially the depiction of talking pigs—as contradicting Islamic and Arab values. Despite these bans, Animal Farm endures as a global symbol of resistance against oppression and a timeless warning about the abuse of power.
  18. Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho, infamous for its graphic depictions of violence, sex, and psychological horror, was banned in Queensland, Australia upon its release in 1991 due to concerns over its potential impact on minors and its extreme content. It was the first mainstream literary work in Australia to receive an R18+ classification, meaning it could only be sold to adults and had to be shrink-wrapped in other states. While the ban in Queensland remains in effect, the book is now available in some public libraries and can be legally sold to readers 18 years and older across most of Australia, albeit with restrictions. The controversy surrounding the novel helped cement its place as one of the most provocative and debated works of modern literature.
  19. V. S. Naipaul’s An Area of Darkness, published in 1964, was banned in India for its stark and often critical portrayal of the country’s poverty, bureaucracy, and social structures. As the first installment of Naipaul’s Indian trilogy, the travelogue captured his disillusionment during his initial visit to his ancestral homeland. Indian authorities deemed the book offensive for its “negative portrayal of India and its people,” leading to its prohibition under laws aimed at curbing material that could incite religious or communal unrest. Despite the ban, the book remains a provocative and influential exploration of postcolonial identity and perception.
  20. Angaray (also spelled Angaaray), published in 1932, was a groundbreaking Urdu anthology featuring short stories and a one-act play by Sajjad Zaheer, Rashid Jahan, Mahmud-uz-Zafar, and Ahmed Ali. The book sharply criticized religious orthodoxy, gender oppression, and British colonial rule, sparking outrage among conservative circles in British India. It was banned in March 1933—not 1936—by the United Provinces government under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code, which prohibits deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings2. The ban followed public protests, book burnings, and denunciations from religious leaders, especially within the Muslim community. Despite its censorship, Angaray laid the foundation for the Progressive Writers’ Movement, which would go on to shape modern Indian literature
  21. "Borstal Boy", an autobiographical novel written in 1958 by Brendan Behan was banned in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand in 1958 until 1963, for its critique of Irish republicanism and the Catholic Church, and its depiction of adolescent sexuality.
  22. The United Kingdom has a storied history of banning books, often in response to concerns over obscenity, blasphemy, or political subversion. Some of the most famous banned titles include D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, which was prohibited until a landmark obscenity trial in 1960 challenged censorship laws. James Joyce’s Ulysses was banned until 1936 for its explicit language and stream-of-consciousness style. Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita was banned from 1955 to 1959 for its controversial subject matter, and Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange faced temporary bans due to its graphic violence and disturbing themes. George Orwell’s 1984 was challenged for its political content, and Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness was banned in 1928 for its lesbian themes. These bans often sparked public debate and, in many cases, helped redefine the boundaries of literary freedom in the U.K.
  23. France’s literary history is steeped in censorship, targeting works that defied political, religious, or moral norms—many of which are now cultural cornerstones. From the explicit libertinism of Marquis de Sade to Flaubert’s Madame Bovary and Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du mal, authors were punished for challenging societal boundaries. Jean Genet’s portrayals of queerness and criminality, Annie Ernaux’s feminist reflections in Happening, and revolutionary Enlightenment texts by Voltaire and Rousseau were all suppressed at some point. Even foreign titles like Nabokov’s Lolita and Miller’s Tropic of Cancer faced bans. Yet in France, what was once censored often becomes canonized.
  24. Germany’s most infamous era of book banning occurred under the Nazi regime, which orchestrated massive censorship campaigns and public book burnings in the 1930s. Thousands of works were banned for being “un-German,” subversive, or authored by Jews, communists, pacifists, or other marginalized groups. Among the most notable banned books were All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, condemned for its anti-war message; The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; and The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud. Works by Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, and Albert Einstein were also targeted. Even classics like H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine and Jack London’s The Call of the Wild were burned for their perceived ideological threats. The Nazi book bans weren’t just about silencing dissent—they were about reshaping culture through fear and propaganda. Today, many of these once-banned books are celebrated as essential reading and powerful symbols of intellectual resistance.
  25. In Israel, book censorship is relatively rare but has surfaced in nuanced ways, especially where national identity or security is involved. Dorit Rabinyan’s Borderlife, a novel about a love story between an Israeli and a Palestinian, was removed from the high school curriculum in 2015 for allegedly undermining national values. In the occupied Palestinian territories, Israeli military authorities have historically banned thousands of books, including works on Palestinian nationalism and Arabic translations of classics like George Orwell’s 1984 and Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, citing emergency regulations from the British Mandate era. Additionally, titles such as I Am a Zionist and I Ask for a Palestinian State by Philip Hilon were banned for challenging dominant political narratives. While literary bans in Israel proper are uncommon, censorship often manifests through school curricula decisions, military orders, or quiet removals rather than formal nationwide prohibitions.
  26. Japan's history of book banning is rooted in its imperial era, when authorities censored works seen as threats to public order, morality, or national ideology. From the 1920s to 1945, Marxist, anarchist, and anti-capitalist texts—like Takiji Kobayashi’s Kanikōsen—were banned alongside books addressing taboo topics such as homosexuality or criticism of the emperor. Postwar, censorship has been more subtle, occasionally targeting books that deny wartime atrocities or incite hate. Traces of this legacy live on in the Japanese Censorship Collection at the Library of Congress, which houses over 1,000 redacted pre-1945 titles.
  27. Taiwan’s most famous banned books reflect the island’s fraught political past and shifting cultural landscape, especially under Japanese colonialism and the KMT’s martial law regime. Su Beng’s Taiwan’s 400 Year History was long suppressed for its Marxist and pro-independence views, while Vern Sneider’s A Pail of Oysters was banned for portraying Taiwanese suffering under KMT rule and even targeted abroad. Kuo Liang-hui’s novel Heart Lock was censored in 1962 for violating moral codes with its exploration of taboo subjects, and a translated edition of Romeo and Juliet by Cao Yu was banned due to the translator’s alleged communist ties. Even religious and linguistic publications like the Taiwan Church News were banned for using Romanized Hokkien instead of Mandarin, and Lung Ying-tsung’s The Courtyard of Wax-Apple was blocked by Japanese authorities during World War II for not aligning with wartime propaganda. Despite official suppression, these works contributed to Taiwan’s rich literary resistance and helped shape the push for freedom of expression.
  28. Since the enactment of Hong Kong’s National Security Law in 2020, several books have been banned or removed from public access for promoting democracy, protest narratives, or criticism of the government. Prisoner of the State, the secret journal of Zhao Ziyang, was banned for exposing insider perspectives on the Tiananmen Square crackdown, while Chin Wan’s On the Hong Kong City-State was removed for advocating localist ideas. Activist Joshua Wong’s I Am Not a Hero and Benny Tai’s The Future of Constitutionalism in Hong Kong were censored for their calls for civil disobedience and democratic reform. Margaret Ng’s memoir Beneath the Keystone and Hui Po-keung’s The Politics of Emotion were de-shelved for their political reflections and protest-related commentary. Even satirical comics like Zunzi’s Hong Kong, the Light Soy Sauce faced suppression after government criticism. In most cases, these books are not formally banned but quietly removed from libraries or blocked from acquisition, reflecting a broader erosion of free expression in Hong Kong.
  29. China has banned numerous influential books for challenging political authority, exposing historical traumas, or promoting religious or democratic ideas. Jung Chang’s Wild Swans and Mao: The Unknown Story (co-authored with Jon Halliday) are prohibited for their critical portrayals of Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution, while Nien Cheng’s Life and Death in Shanghai was banned for revealing the brutal realities of that era. Louisa Lim’s The People's Republic of Amnesia exposes the deliberate erasure of the Tiananmen Square massacre from public memory, and Liao Yiwu’s The Corpse Walker is censored for spotlighting voices from China’s political and cultural margins. Zhuan Falun by Li Hongzhi, central to the banned Falun Gong movement, is forbidden for promoting unauthorized spiritual beliefs, and Chen Xiwo’s I Love My Mum faced censorship due to its disturbing metaphors criticizing social repression. Despite bans, many of these works circulate through underground networks or online platforms accessed via VPNs, continuing to inform and inspire readers inside and outside China.
  30. In 2002, Vietnam intensified its censorship efforts by banning books, detaining writers, and restricting digital media in an attempt to control political dissent and cultural expression. Authorities confiscated and destroyed unapproved publications, including 7.6 tons of dissident works in Ho Chi Minh City and more than 40,000 books, CDs, and videotapes in Hanoi. Writers and intellectuals such as Bui Minh Quoc, Le Chi Quang, Tran Khue, and Pham Hong Son faced arrest or surveillance for producing or sharing material critical of the government, particularly online essays and articles. At the same time, the government cracked down on internet use by mandating surveillance in internet cafés, blocking around 2,000 websites, and restricting satellite TV access, all in an effort to suppress opposition voices and tighten its grip on information flow within the country.
  31. In Vietnam, several notable books have been banned or suppressed due to their political content, satirical tone, or challenges to official narratives. The Time of the Gods by Hoàng Minh Tường was banned for presenting a nuanced view of Vietnam’s divided history, while Phạm Thị Hoài’s The Crystal Messenger was censored for its social critique and eventually led the author to exile. Activist-writer Phạm Đoan Trang’s works, including Politics of a Police State and Non-Violent Protest, were banned for promoting democratic reforms and civil rights, resulting in her imprisonment. After 1975, the Vietnamese government also purged large quantities of literature from the former South Vietnam, blacklisting over 120 authors and destroying political, legal, and cultural texts. Rather than through overt legislation, censorship in Vietnam often manifests via quiet suppression—books denied publication or removed from circulation—yet underground publishing and digital platforms keep many of these works alive.
  32. Thailand has banned or restricted several notable books due to its strict lèse-majesté laws, sensitivity to critiques of the monarchy and political system, and efforts to maintain public morality. Paul Handley’s The King Never Smiles was banned for its critical portrayal of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, and Rayne Kruger’s The Devil’s Discus was censored for questioning the circumstances surrounding King Ananda Mahidol’s death. Andrew MacGregor Marshall’s A Kingdom in Crisis was prohibited for analyzing the monarchy’s role in political instability, while Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon was banned for negatively depicting King Mongkut—along with all its film adaptations. Books like Bangkok Inside Out were blacklisted for tarnishing the country’s image by discussing issues such as scams and corruption. George Orwell’s 1984, though not formally banned, became a symbolic act of dissent after the 2014 coup, with protesters arrested for reading it publicly. Revolutionary works like Lenin’s State and Revolution and Mao Zedong’s Four Essays on Philosophy were banned during Thailand’s anti-communist era and remain sensitive. Censorship often takes the form of quiet suppression—books may be denied circulation, discouraged, or removed without formal declaration.
  33. India has banned several books over the years for controversial portrayals of religion, politics, and national figures. Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses was banned in 1988 for alleged blasphemy, and V.S. Naipaul’s An Area of Darkness was prohibited for its critical take on poverty and caste. Titles like Stanley Wolpert’s Nine Hours to Rama and Hamish McDonald’s The Polyester Prince faced bans for political sensitivity, while Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus, Ram Swarup’s Understanding Islam Through Hadis, and Taslima Nasrin’s Lajja were removed for religious or communal concerns. Other censored works include Seymour Hersh’s The Price of Power, Pandit M.A. Chamupati’s Rangila Rasul, and Joseph Lelyveld’s Great Soul, highlighting India’s delicate balance between freedom of expression and cultural sensitivities.
  34. Indonesia has a long history of banning books that challenge political narratives, explore leftist ideology, or address taboo social topics. Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s Tetralogi Buru was banned under Suharto’s regime for its socialist leanings, while titles like Benturan NU-PKI 1948–1965 by Abdul Mun’im Dz and Pretext for Mass Murder by John Roosa were censored for reexamining the 1965 anti-communist purge. Books such as Soe Hok Gie’s Di Bawah Lentera Merah, Bakrie Siregar’s Djejak Langkah, and Lekra Tak Membakar Buku defended or explored leftist movements and were banned accordingly. Supernatural fiction like Si Rangka and memoirs like Hersri Setiawan’s Buru Island faced suppression for their dark or dissenting content. Even sex education material (Why Puberty) and translated religious history books (Five Cities That Ruled the World) were removed or burned due to moral or religious controversies. These bans reflect Indonesia’s enduring struggles with censorship, national identity, and ideological control.
  35. Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s The Boys, a gritty comic series known for its dark humor, graphic violence, and sexual content, was banned in Qatar in 2012 after a shipment of issues was seized by the country’s Ministry of Culture. The comics were labeled as “sexual magazines” and placed in a box marked “banned” due to their provocative material, which officials deemed offensive. A fan who tried to import the series was denied access to the books—even for a refund—and was shown pages considered inappropriate, which reportedly included nearly all of them1. The incident highlighted ongoing tensions between creative expression and censorship in global media.
  36. Nadine Gordimer’s Burger’s Daughter, published in 1979, was banned in South Africa just one month after its release in London due to its bold critique of apartheid and the government’s racial policies. The novel, which follows the life of Rosa Burger, daughter of a white anti-apartheid activist, was seen as subversive for its sympathetic portrayal of Communist resistance and its challenge to the status quo. The Publications Control Board prohibited its import and sale in July 1979, but the ban was overturned by the Publications Appeal Board in October of the same year. During its brief censorship, a copy was even smuggled into Nelson Mandela’s prison cell, where he reportedly “thought well of it”.
  37. Jackie Collins’ 1968 debut novel The World Is Full of Married Men was banned in Australia and South Africa shortly after its release due to its unapologetic depiction of extramarital affairs, sexual ambition, and the gritty underworld of show business. The book scandalized conservative readers and drew sharp criticism, with famed romance author Barbara Cartland condemning it as “nasty, filthy and disgusting” and accusing Collins of inventing “every pervert in Britain.” Even after editing out four-letter words at her publisher’s request, Collins still saw the novel banned—though the controversy fueled its rapid success, becoming a bestseller within a week and jumpstarting her long career as a fearless chronicler of scandal.
  38. Voltaire’s Candide, published in 1759, was seized by U.S. Customs in 1930 on charges of obscenity when copies were imported for Harvard University, reflecting the strict moral standards of the time and the enforcement of Comstock Laws against allegedly indecent material. Despite being a work of philosophical satire that critiqued religion, political authority, and optimism, it was considered scandalous for its sexual innuendo, irreverence, and blunt social commentary. Candide had previously been banned in France, Geneva, and by the Catholic Church, yet these attempts to suppress it only fueled its reputation and ensured its enduring place as a classic of Enlightenment literature.
  39. Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, published in 1961, was banned or challenged in several U.S. cities during the 1970s due to its use of provocative language and controversial depictions of women. It was banned in Strongsville, Ohio, from 1972 to 1976, primarily for what officials deemed profane and inappropriate content, though the decision was later overturned by court ruling. The novel also faced challenges in Dallas, Texas, in 1974, and Snoqualmie, Washington, in 1979, where objections centered on references to women as “whores.” These actions reflected broader societal discomfort at the time with the book’s unflinching satire of war, bureaucracy, and social norms, even as it steadily gained recognition as a modern literary classic.
  40. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, published in 1932, was swiftly banned in both Ireland and Australia due to its controversial themes, including sexual promiscuity, drug use, and anti-religious sentiment. Ireland banned the novel the same year it was released, citing its blasphemous and anti-family content, while Australia followed suit, keeping it off shelves from 1932 to 1937 for its perceived obscenity and challenge to traditional values2. Despite—or perhaps because of—its censorship, the novel has endured as a seminal work of dystopian literature, provoking debate about freedom, morality, and societal control.
  41. Jackie CollinsThe Stud, released in 1969, was banned in Australia that same year due to its provocative sexual content, which clashed with the country’s stringent censorship laws. The novel, centered around the glamorous and scandalous life of Fontaine Khaled—a wealthy nightclub owner entangled in risqué affairs—sparked outrage among conservative circles and was labeled “filthy, disgusting and unnecessary” by critics like Barbara Cartland. The controversy only fueled its notoriety, propelling it to bestseller status and paving the way for a popular 1978 film adaptation starring Jackie’s sister, Joan Collins.
  42. Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, a global bestseller released in 2003, was banned in Lebanon in September 2004 after Catholic leaders condemned its portrayal of Jesus Christ marrying Mary Magdalene and fathering a child. The General Security Department, which consults religious authorities on sensitive material, ordered the removal of the book from shelves in English, French, and Arabic editions. Father Abdo Abu Kasm, head of Lebanon’s Catholic Information Centre, stated the book was “insulting” and “difficult for us to accept, even if it’s supposed to be fiction”1. Despite its popularity, the ban sparked debates about censorship and religious sensitivity in a country known for its diverse religious communities.
  43. The Codex Leicester is a collection of famous scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci. The Codex is named after Thomas Coke, later created Earl of Leicester, who purchased it in 1719. Of Leonardo's 30 scientific journals, the Codex may be the most famous of all. The manuscript holds the record for the sale price of any book, when it was sold to Bill Gates at Christie's auction house on 11 November 1994 in New York for US$30,802,500.
  44. Edna O’Brien’s debut novel The Country Girls, published in 1960, was swiftly banned in Ireland by the Censorship of Publications Board for its frank depiction of female sexuality, emotional growth, and criticism of rigid Irish societal norms. Its subtle but bold exploration of taboo subjects—ranging from adolescent longing to oppressive relationships and clerical hypocrisy—sparked outrage among religious and political authorities, including Archbishop John Charles McQuaid and Minister for Justice Charlie Haughey, who reportedly labeled it “filth.” The backlash was so intense that copies of the book were publicly burned by clergy, and O’Brien faced ostracism in her own community. Today, The Country Girls is hailed as a seminal work in Irish literature and a pivotal catalyst for cultural change.
  45. John McGahern’s novel The Dark, published in 1965, was banned in Ireland by the Censorship of Publications Board for obscenity due to its frank portrayal of sexuality, abuse, and clerical authority. The controversy led to McGahern's dismissal from his teaching position at a Dublin school, a decision influenced by Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, and sparked widespread debate about censorship and the role of the Church in Irish society. The ban was eventually lifted in 1972, and the novel has since been recognized as a significant work in Irish literature, marking a turning point in the country's cultural and literary landscape.
  46. Ian Gibson’s The Death of Lorca, first published in 1971, was briefly banned in Spain under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship due to its investigation into the politically sensitive assassination of poet Federico García Lorca during the Spanish Civil War. The book challenged the regime’s silence on Lorca’s death and was initially published in Paris to bypass Spanish censorship. Once Spain transitioned to democracy, the ban was lifted, and the biography became recognized as a pivotal work in exposing historical truths long suppressed under authoritarian rule.
  47. "Curved River", a short stories collection edited by Živojin Pavlović in 1963, was banned by Yugoslavia

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  191. Greatest Books of All Time, as Voted by 125 Famous Authors
  192. National Magazine
  193. Fiction Writing
  194. Writer Gets Readers to Pay Him to Edit His Manuscript.
  195. Bad Math: Rationalization in Fiction.
  196. Fascinating Facts About Famous Fiction Authors.
  197. Euro Politicos Top Nonfiction Lists Overseas.
  198. Italy Bookshops Refuse to Stock Mafia Family Book.
  199. Chinese Magazine Challenges Government Over Censorship.
  200. Unusual Articles | Wikipedia
  201. The True Meaning of the Diamond Sutra
  202. For a Deeper Sleep, Forgo the E-Reader Before Bed.
  203. Fostering a Culture of Reading and Writing
  204. Advocacy Resources for Journalists
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  206. Photography and the Law
  207. Write a Book Review.
  208. Legal Protections for Sources and Source Material
  209. Information Security for Journalists
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  211. Google Book Search Engine
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  213. Helping Students Choose Books for Reading Pleasure
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  218. Benefits & Importance of Reading to Children
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  221. The Right Thing to Say About America
  222. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  223. The Lost Art of Reading
  224. The Teaching of Reading and Writing: An International Survey
  225. The Importance of Reading Books.
  226. The Goal Summary & Book Review - Theory of Constraints ...
  227. The Decline of Wikipedia
  228. The Author and Editor Relationship: Professional Sparring Partners.
  229. The Ultimate List of Banned Books
  230. The Highest-Paid Authors in the World
  231. The New York Times vs. The Chinese Authorities.
  232. The New York Times Bestsellers Book List | Barnes & Noble
  233. The World's Most Valuable Children's Books
  234. The Most Addictive Books of the Last 25 Years
  235. The Most Important Books of the Last 20 Years
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  239. The Most Wanted Rare Books: Finding Gold in the Pages
  240. The Most Popular Books & Authors in the World
  241. The Most Popular Books Set in Every Country
  242. The Most Popular Book the Year You Were Born
  243. The Most Popular Authors
  244. The Most Popular Books Published in 2023 - 2021 - 2019 - 2003 | Goodreads
  245. The Biggest Fiction Bestsellers of the Last 100 Years
  246. The War of the Roses, 25 Years Later.
  247. The Oldest Libraries in the World
  248. The Oldest Treasures from 12 Great Libraries
  249. The Rarest Photo Books.
  250. The Online Books Page - Listing over 2 Million Free Books Online
  251. The Rothschild Prayerbook, a Book of Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin, Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum
  252. Reading and Storytelling with Children
  253. Free Children's Books
  254. Free Children's Books Online
  255. Children's Storybooks Online - Stories for Kids of All Ages
  256. Online Books for Kids
  257. Read Kid's Books Online
  258. Kids | Read.gov - Library of Congress
  259. Stories for Kids
  260. Rhyming Stories and Non-Rhyming Stories for Kids
  261. Time Magazine's So-Called 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time
  262. Apple Enters a New Round in E-Book Price-Fixing Fight
  263. War, Cheap Alcohol, and Good Old-Fashioned Journalism
  264. Modern Vietnamese Literature: Books About War by Vietnamese and American Writers and Books Not About War
  265. Behind the Scenes: The 2014 SLJ Best Books List
  266. John Steinbeck Story Resurfaces After 70 Years
  267. Teddy Roosevelt, On the Mount Rushmore of Literary Life.
  268. Can Billionaires Save the American Newspaper?
  269. Newspaper Bane: Nobody Reads the Stories.
  270. Have You Tried Reading a Short Story?.
  271. Cheap Words: Amazon Is Good for Customers. But Is It Good for Books?
  272. A Justice Deliberates: Sotomayor on Love, Health and Family by Nina Totenberg.
  273. Adjust Your Vision: Tolstoy's Last And Darkest Novel.
  274. Bad Publicity May Boost Book Sales.
  275. Meet the Writers Who Still Sell Millions of Books.
  276. Inside The New York Times Book Review.
  277. Are 'The New York Times' Book Reviews Fair?.
  278. 1st Edition Books Worth a Fortune
  279. 5 Books to Start You Off with Nobel Prize Literature Winner Abdulrazak Gurnah
  280. 5 Online Dictionaries.
  281. 5 Things to Know About the Diamond Sutra, the World’s Oldest Dated Printed Book
  282. 5 Banned Books in China
  283. 5 Best memoirs of 2017 | The Washington Post.
  284. 5 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels of 2017 | The Washington Post.
  285. 5 Best Romance Novels of 2017 | The Washington Post.
  286. 5 Best Audiobooks of 2014 | The Washington Post
  287. 6 Great East Asian Writers.
  288. 7 Classic Short Stories That Pack a Big Impact.
  289. 7 Rare Books That Could Be Worth Thousands of Pounds
  290. 7 Websites with Free Online Books for Kids.
  291. 7 Deadly Myths and 3 Inspired Truths About Book Editing.
  292. 7 Banned Books: Published in Hong Kong, Censored in China
  293. 8 Award-Winning Fantasy Books You've Probably Never Heard of
  294. 8 Glorious and Triumphant Novels of Scientific Discovery.
  295. 8 Books to Read About Motherhood for Mother's Day.
  296. 8 Oldest Books that Ever Existed.
  297. 8 Best Websites to Download Free Books and Documents.
  298. 8 Must-Read Books for Any Budding Environmentalist.
  299. 8 Writers Share Their Must-Read Books from Vietnam and the Diaspora
  300. 9 Oldest Libraries in the World.
  301. 9 Unmissable Translated Novels First Published in English.
  302. 9 Best Popular Science Books | The Independent.
  303. 9 Best Sites with Free eBooks for Google Play
  304. 10 Classic Short Stories
  305. 10 Short Story Authors You Should Be Reading
  306. 10 Most Popular Books in America
  307. 10 Top Famous Authors
  308. 10 Top Classic Short Stories
  309. 10 Top Books About Europe
  310. 10 Top Most Famous Banned Books of All Time
  311. 10 Award-Winning Books by Asian Authors
  312. 10 Important Contemporary Authors
  313. 10 Best Articles Wikipedia Deleted in December 2015
  314. 10 Best Translated Novels of the Decade
  315. 10 Best Books of 2023 - 2022 - 2016 | The New York Times
  316. 10 Best Books of All Time Chosen by 125 Famous Authors
  317. 10 Best Books of the Past Decade.
  318. 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2017 | The Washington Post.
  319. 10 Best Romanticism Books That Shook the World.
  320. 10 Best Novels of the Last 20 Years.
  321. 10 Best Fiction Books of the 2010s.
  322. 10 Best Asian Novels of All Time | Telegraph
  323. 10 Best Summer Books in 2016 | Publishers Weekly
  324. 10 Best Books of 2014
  325. 10 Oldest Bookstores in the United States
  326. 10 Young Adult Novels You Don't Hhave to Be Young to Enjoy
  327. 10 Novels That Will Whisk You Away to Europe
  328. 10 Websites for Book Lovers.
  329. 10 Journalism Brands Where You Find Real Facts Rather Alternative Facts
  330. 10 Anthologies About Writing.
  331. 10 Books Every Artist Must Read
  332. 10 Books Every Christian Teenager Should Read
  333. 10 Books That Are Banned by Governments
  334. 10 Banned Books in Ancient China
  335. 10 Essential Books from the Last 25 Years
  336. 10 Great Advantages of Reading Books.
  337. 10 Great Books by African Authors ...
  338. 10 Great Books set in South America
  339. 10 Greatest Poems Ever Written
  340. 10 Interesting and Unusual Wikipedia Articles
  341. 10 Fun Facts About Highlights Magazine.
  342. 10 Famous Short Stories You Can Read Online.
  343. 10 Ridiculously Simple Steps for Writing a Book.
  344. 10 Must-Read Brazilian Literature Classics You Shouldn't Miss
  345. 10 Books for Kids With Anxiety - Help Your Little One Cope
  346. 10 Rules for Writing Fiction.
  347. 10 of the Most Expensive Books Ever Sold.
  348. 10 of the Oldest Libraries in the World
  349. 10 of the Oldest Known Surviving Books in the World
  350. 10 of the Best Books Set in India
  351. 11 Books Inspired by Shakespeare.
  352. 11 Random Facts About Books that Are Weirdly Interesting.
  353. 11 Literary Servants Tell Their Own Stories
  354. 11 Great Places to Find Free Children's Books Online
  355. 11 Great Money Books for Teens
  356. 12 of the Best Books by Writers of the Asian Diaspora
  357. 12 Inspiring Bedtime Stories for Your Child
  358. 12 Novels Considered the Greatest Book Ever Written ...
  359. 12 Best Short Stories in 2020.
  360. 12 Best Short Stories that Will Stay With You for a Long Time.
  361. 12 Writers on Their Own Famous Books
  362. 12 Most Popular Libraries in the World
  363. 12 Fascinating Facts About Famous Literature
  364. 12 Places to Find the Best Free e-Books for Thrifty Bookworms.
  365. 12 Novels That Celebrate the Joys and Challenges of Motherhood.
  366. 12 Powerful War Novels that Transcend War
  367. 12 Novels that Take a Bite Out of the Big Apple
  368. 12 Dark Romance Books That Take Love to the Extreme
  369. 12 of the Best Booker-nominated Books by Latin American Authors
  370. 13 Movies Based on Books Coming Out in 2021
  371. 13 Secrets of Rare Book Dealers
  372. 13 Short Stories from Classic Novelists
  373. 13 Wonderfully Specific Libraries Reveal Their Oldest Treasures
  374. 13 Spectacular Audiobooks You'll Enjoy This Summer.
  375. 13 Powerful Books for Our Political Leaders.
  376. 13 Secrets of Rare Book Dealers
  377. 13 Best Finance Books for Young Adults
  378. 13 of the Best Short Stories Online
  379. 14 of the Most Delightful Easter Books for Children
  380. 14 Intriguing Facts About Famous Books
  381. 14 Must-Read Books Set Under the African Sun
  382. 14 Award-Winning African Authors You Should Know
  383. 15 Must-Read Translated Books From the Past 5 Years
  384. 15 Top Books for Teens' Anxiety
  385. 15 Books That Made Me Fall in Love with Europe
  386. 15 Newly Translated Novels You Need to Read in 2019
  387. 15 Most Valuable Books in the World
  388. 15 Most Expensive Books & Manuscripts Ever Sold
  389. 15 Must-read Brazilian Works of Literature
  390. 15 Rare Books Worth a Fortune
  391. 15 Best Books of 2019
  392. 15 Best Vietnam Books' English Titles You Should Read
  393. 16 Best Books of 2023
  394. 17 Best Books on Leadership and Management for Young Leaders
  395. 17 Ways to Find Good Books to Read
  396. 17 Refreshing Books to Read This Summer
  397. 18 Best Fiction Books of 2016
  398. 18 Greatest Classic Books of American Literature, Ranked
  399. 18 Rare and First Edition Books That Are Worth Literally a Fortune
  400. 18 of the World's Greatest Libraries
  401. 19 Best Books of 2020
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  403. 20 Best Fiction and Nonfiction Books of 2020
  404. 20 Best Books of the Last 20 Years
  405. 20 Best Novels of the Decade
  406. 20 Amazing Authors and Their Books to Read
  407. 20 South America Best Books to Read
  408. 20 Famous Authors Who Were Ashamed of Their Books.
  409. 20 Insanely Famous American Authors You Should Read
  410. 20 Most Famous Books of All Time.
  411. 20 Most Valuable Books You Might Have at Home .
  412. 20 Most Beautiful Libraries in the U.S.
  413. 20 Most Expensive Books in the World
  414. 20 Most Expensive Comic Books in the World
  415. 20 New Design & Art Books to Read.
  416. 20 Brilliant Picture Books Coming Out
  417. 20 Books You Really Should Have Read by Now.
  418. 20 Books by Asian American Authors to Read.
  419. 20 Iconic Books That Are Worth Money Check Complete List.
  420. 20 Great American Short Stories.
  421. 20 Top Short Story Collections.
  422. 20 Top Facts About Books
  423. 20 Romance Books That Are Sexy, Smart, and Anything But Sappy
  424. 21 Best Books of 2021
  425. 21 Books to Read Before They Hit the Big Screen.
  426. 22 Most Empowering Books for Young People
  427. 24 Books to Read Based on Favorite TV Shows.
  428. 24 Best Fiction Books of 2016 .
  429. 24 Best Romance Novels of All Time.
  430. 24 of the Most Banned Books of All Time.
  431. 25 Books Being Made Into Movies and Series in 2023 and 2024
  432. 25 Books that Will Transport You through Asia.
  433. 25 American Classic Books to Read.
  434. 25 Independent Bookstores in the U.S. That We Love.
  435. 25 Dystopian Books for Teens to Read.
  436. 25 Most Famous Libraries of the World.
  437. 25 Most Valuable Books to Look for at Thrift Stores
  438. 25 Most Anticipated Books of 2024 | TIME
  439. 25 Famous Authors' Favorite Books.
  440. 25 Banned Books That You Should Read Today.
  441. 25 Rules for How to Write a Novel | Book Trust.
  442. 25 Must-Read Morbid Nonfiction Books.
  443. 25 Must-Read Books by Asian and Asian American Authors
  444. 25 Best Books to Read by Nobel Prize for Literature Winners
  445. 25 Best Books to Read in Your 20s
  446. 25 Best Books of 2019 — Must-Read Books of the Year
  447. 25 Best Books of 2016.
  448. 25 Bestselling Books of the Decade.
  449. 25 of the Most Expensive Books You Can Buy on the Internet
  450. 26 Best Romance Novels You'll Love .
  451. 26 Major Advantages to Reading More Books.
  452. 26 Modern Books That Will Become Classics.
  453. 26 Famous Authors' Favorite Books .
  454. 27 Best Books to Read in 2020.
  455. 27 of the Most Exciting New Books of 2015.
  456. 28 Picture Books That Celebrate Hispanic Heritage.
  457. 28 Books to Read (2016).
  458. 30 of the Best Picture Books About Respect.
  459. 30 of the Best Short Stories You Can Read for Free.
  460. 30 of the Best Contemporary Fiction Books.
  461. 30 Greatest Writers of All Time.
  462. 30 World-famous Authors' Debut Novels.
  463. 30 Banned Books Everyone Needs to Read.
  464. 30 Interesting Facts about Books.
  465. 31 Best Short Stories and Collections.
  466. 31 Best and Most Famous Short Stories of All Time.
  467. 31 Best Short Stories and Collections.
  468. 32 Essential Asian-American Writers.
  469. 32 New Books | Huffington Post.
  470. 33 Best New Books of 2016
  471. 35 Asian and Asian American Books to Read in 2023
  472. 35 Best Steamy Romance Novels, from Historical Drama to Rom-Com
  473. 35 Best Books of 2020
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  475. 35 Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once in Their Lifetime
  476. 35 of the Best Books by Asian Authors
  477. 36 Fun Facts About Books
  478. 37 Books Every Creative Person Should Be Reading.
  479. 37 Picture Books About Tolerance and Inclusion.
  480. 37 Best Books of All Time You Must Read.
  481. 38 Best Books We Read in 2023.
  482. 40 Movies that Were Based on Books.
  483. 40 Most Romantic Books of All Time.
  484. 40 Books Everyone Should Read.
  485. 40 of the Best Movies Based on Books.
  486. 43 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2024
  487. 43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories.
  488. 45 Best New Books to Read 2023.
  489. 45 Best Books of 2017 | Esquire
  490. 45 Facts on The Importance of Reading Books.
  491. 50 All-Time Favorite Romance Books.
  492. 50 Best Magazines.
  493. 50 Best US Magazines.
  494. 50 Best Nonfiction Books of Past 25 Years.
  495. 50 Best Science Books.
  496. 50 Best Cult Books | The Telegraph
  497. 50 Best Historical Fiction Books of All Time | B&N
  498. 50 Best Romance Books to Read | TIME
  499. 50 Most Influential Books Ever Written.
  500. 50 Most Influential Books of All Time from Open Education Database.
  501. 50 Most Beautiful Libraries in the World.
  502. 50 Most Interesting Facts About Books, Libraries, and Reading.
  503. 50 Interesting Facts about Books and Novels.
  504. 50 Great Short Stories.
  505. 50 Greatest Books.
  506. 50 Books All Kids Should Read Before They're 12.
  507. 50 Books from the Past 50 Years Everyone Should Read.
  508. 50 Books by Black Authors to Read.
  509. 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2017 | The Washington Post.
  510. 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction
  511. 50 Essential Historical Fiction Books | AbeBooks.
  512. 50 Classics From (Almost) Everyone's High School Reading List
  513. 50 Top Fiction Books for 2014 | The Washington Post
  514. 50 Top Rare and Valuable Books
  515. 50 Top Books by African Authors
  516. 50 of the Best Historical Fiction Books
  517. 50 of the Best Kids' Books Published in the Last 25 Years
  518. 50 of the Funniest Books Ever Written
  519. 51 Must-Read Books for Teens (That Even Adults Adore)
  520. 51 Best Magazines
  521. 52 Best Books by Black Authors
  522. 56 Best Books of 2020
  523. 58 Best Books of 2020
  524. 62 of the World's Most Beautiful Libraries
  525. 70 of the Funniest Books of All Time
  526. 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years
  527. 82 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’, Ranked
  528. 100 Greatest Books for Kids
  529. 100 Greatest Non-fiction Books | The Guardian.
  530. 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List | The Guardian.
  531. 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List from The Observer
  532. 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | Time
  533. 100 Must-Read Classics in Translation
  534. 100 Must-Read Books by Asian Authors
  535. 100 Must-Read Books of 2023 | TIME
  536. 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories
  537. 100 Best Books for Children
  538. 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
  539. 100 Best Books for Young Readers
  540. 100 Best Novels
  541. 100 Best Asian Books of All Time
  542. 100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
  543. 100 Best Books of All Time | Reader's Digest
  544. 100 Best Nobel Books of All Time
  545. 100 Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far)
  546. 100 Best Books of Africa in the 20th Century | Columbia University Libraries
  547. 100 Best Movies Based on Books
  548. 100 Best American Novels of the 20th Century
  549. 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time | Time.
  550. 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
  551. 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
  552. 100 Best Books - Fantasy
  553. 100 Best Books - Horror
  554. 100 Best Novels 1949-1984
  555. 100 Best Novels - Science Fiction
  556. 100 Best Websites for Writers 2017
  557. 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
  558. 100 Best Books of the 21st Century | The Guardian
  559. 100 Best African Books of All Time
  560. 100 Best Novels - David Pringle's Science Fiction
  561. 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time | Time
  562. 100 Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900 - (Audio)
  563. 100 Best American Authors (757 books)
  564. 100 Most-loved American Books
  565. 100 Top American Literature Titles
  566. 100 Top Books Americans Love the Most
  567. 100 Top Best Selling Books | Barnes & Noble.
  568. 100 Top Most Banned and Challenged Books: 2010-2019
  569. 100 Novels That Shaped Our World
  570. 100 Novels Everyone Should Read | The Telegraph.
  571. 100 Novels - Time Magazine's All-Time | Goodreads.
  572. 100 Novels Americans Love the Most, Based on a Survey of Thousands
  573. 100 Notable Books of 2010 | New York Times
  574. 100 Books of the Century
  575. 100 Books of the Century | Goodreads
  576. 100 Crime Novels of All Time
  577. 100 English-Language Books of Fiction - The 20th Century's Greatest Hits
  578. 100 of the Best Books of All Time
  579. 100 of the Best Books Made Into Movies and TV Shows
  580. 100+ Famous Authors and Their Writing Spaces
  581. 101 Masterpieces of European Literature
  582. 101 Best Selling Books of All Time (List Challenges)
  583. 106 Best Children's Books of All Time
  584. 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library | Telegraph.
  585. 115 Best Books of All Time
  586. 150 Top Recommended African-American Children's Books
  587. 1,000 Greatest Short Stories of All Time.
  588. 1776 Printing of the Declaration of Independence Sold in Potsdam for $1.5m

▷ Poetry
  1. Famous British Poets
  2. Greatest Poets of All Time
  3. Greatest Women Poets
  4. Greatest Male Poets
  5. Greatest English Language Poets
  6. Greatest Persian Poets of All Time
  7. Best Poems of All Time
  8. Best Poetry Books of 2020 | The Guardian
  9. Best Poetry Books of All Time
  10. The Best Poetry Books of All Time
  11. The Best Poetry Books to Read
  12. The Best Poetry Collections of 2024 (So Far)
  13. The Best English Poets of All Time
  14. The Best Prose Poetry
  15. The Best Poetry of 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | The New York Times
  16. The Best Poetry of 2020 | Goodreads Choice Awards
  17. The Best Poems of All Time: From the 17th Century to Today
  18. The Best Classical Poems from the Ancient World
  19. The Best Poetry Collections: 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 | The Washington Post
  20. The Most Popular Famous Poets - Top 50 in Order
  21. Our Most-Read Poems of 2021 | The Yale Review
  22. Modern American Poetry
  23. It's Snowing Poet Laureates.
  24. Ancient Asian Literature & Poetry (Video)
  25. 10 Greatest Indian Poets of All Time
  26. 10 Greatest Poems of All Time
  27. 10 Greatest Poems Ever Written
  28. 10 Greatest Love Poems Ever Written
  29. 10 Best Poems of All Time
  30. 10 Top All Time Favourite English Poets
  31. 10 Most Famous Poets from the United Kingdom
  32. 10 Most Famous Poets from the United States
  33. 10 Most Renowned English Poets and their Best-Known Works
  34. 10 Famous Poets Who Left an Indelible Mark on Literature
  35. 10 Wonderful Children's Poets You Should Know
  36. 10 of the Best Poems to Recite and Read Aloud
  37. 10 of the Best Poems by English Romantic Poets
  38. 10 of the Most Important Poets of the 21st Century
  39. 13 of the Best, Most Famous Poems Ever Written
  40. 14 Best Poetry Books
  41. 17 of the Best Poetry Books
  42. 20 Marvelous Modern Poets
  43. 20 Best New Poetry Books to Read in 2024
  44. 20 Best Poems of All Time: The Greatest Poetry Ever Written
  45. 25 Top Short Famous Classic Poems to Memorize of All Time
  46. 27 All-Time Best Famous English Poets Who Are Everyone's Favorite
  47. 32 Most Iconic Poems in the English Language.
  48. 33 of the Most Famous Very Short Poems of All Time.
  49. 34 Greatest Poets of All Time.
  50. 36 Most Famous Poems Ever Written in the English Language.
  51. 50 Poems
  52. 50 Top Poems
  53. 62 Short Poems
  54. 75 Most Popular Famous Poems
  55. 100 Great Poems
  56. 100 Most Famous Poems
  57. 100 Famous Poems Ever Written
  58. 500 Top Famous Poems.
  59. 2,402 Best Poetry Books.

▷ History, Guides, Tips & Tools
  1. History of Publishing - Magazine Publishing
  2. History of Newspaper Publishing
  3. Historic Newspapers
  4. History of Books – Understanding Media and Culture
  5. History of Magazine Publishing
  6. History of Magazines
  7. History of Book Banning - Banned Books
  8. The History (and Present) of Banning Books in America
  9. A Short History of Manga
  10. A History Written With Heart Illuminates the War in Vietnam
  11. Magazine Timeline and History of Magazine Publishing
  12. Most Famous Authors - List of Famous Writers in History
  13. Famous Writers in History
  14. Famous Libraries in History
  15. Best Poets - List of the Greatest Poet in History
  16. The History of Making Books - Build a Printing Press at MIT (Video)
  17. History of Printing:
  18. Books News, Tips & Guides | Glamour.
  19. A Finder's Guide to Facts
  20. Photographers' Guide to Privacy
  21. Guide for Writing in Art History
  22. Guide to Writing in Art History
  23. Guide to Kazuo Ishiguro Books
  24. Guide to Nobel Laureate Patrick Modiano
  25. Guide to Writing a Book Review - English Grammar Rules & Usage.
  26. A Guide to Nobel Laureate Jon Fosse's Books and Plays
  27. A Guide to Writing in History & Literature
  28. A Brief Guide to Writing the Philosophy Paper
  29. Journalist Guide
  30. Journalist Security Guide
  31. Safety Guide for Journalists
  32. The Ultimate Online Privacy Guide for Journalists | WizCase
  33. The Ultimate Online Privacy Guide for Journalists
  34. Online Privacy for Journalists - The Ultimate Guide
  35. The Complete Guide to Effective Reading
  36. Guidance for Journalists on Medical Privacy Law in California
  37. Online Privacy Guide for Journalists – Guard Your Sources (2021)
  38. Online Privacy Guide for Journalists – How to Protect Your Sources
  39. Locking Down Signal: A Guide for Journalists
  40. Tips to Get Yourself to Read More.
  41. Tips for Writing Amazon Reviews.
  42. Tips for Successful Book Reviewing
  43. Tips for Writing a Novel and Finishing It.
  44. Tips on Writing a Popular Science Book
  45. Tips on Choosing a Book | Penguin Books USA
  46. Tips on Children's Reading, Books, Learning ...
  47. Tips on Writing a Fantasy Novel.
  48. Tips on Writing a Crime Novel.
  49. Tips in Poetry Writing with Examples.
  50. Tips, Links and Suggestions | Books | The Guardian.
  51. Writing the Perfect Scene: Advanced Fiction Writing Tips.
  52. Writing Tips | Penguin Random House.
  53. Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips.
  54. Writing a Novel Tips
  55. Anatomy of a Book Review: Tips for Writing a Good Book Review.
  56. Fiction Factor | Writing Tips for Fiction Writers.
  57. Fiction Writing 101: Tips and Elements.
  58. Warren Buffett's Best Kept Secret to Success: The Art of Reading, Remembering, and Retaining More Books
  59. Tools and Communities
  60. 5 Essential Tips for Anyone Trying to Write a Book.
  61. 6 Tips for Writing Fiction Based on True Events.
  62. 7 Tips for High Fantasy Book Writing.
  63. 8 Tips To Remember What You Read.
  64. 10 Tips for Writing Novels | BBC.
  65. 10 Tips for Success for Writing First Novel
  66. 10 Essential Poetry Writing Tips for Beginners
  67. 10 Modern Poets Who Are Making History
  68. 10 Most Ancient Surviving Books in Human History
  69. 10 of the Best Poems About History and the Past
  70. 12 Books that Illuminate the Beautiful and Complex History of Cuba.
  71. 12 of History's Most Influential Poets, from Ancient Times Until the 20th Century
  72. 13 Tips for Writing a Novel.
  73. 15 of the Most Famous Banned Books in US History.
  74. 20 Writing Tips from 12 Bestselling Fiction Authors.
  75. 30 Tips for Writing for First Novel.
  76. 30 Tips for Writing a Book in 30 Days.
  77. 36 Poetry Writing Tips.
  78. 42 Fiction Writing Tips for Novelists.
  79. 101 of the Best Fiction-Writing Tips.
  80. $35 million Book of Mormon Manuscript Sale Called the ‘Biggest Game-Changer in Mormon History’


▷ Banned Books in China
  1. A Heart for Freedom: The Remarkable Journey of a Young Dissident, Her Daring Escape, and Her Quest to Free China's Daughters by Chai Ling
  2. Almost a Revolution: The Story of a Chinese Student's Journey from Boyhood to Leadership in Tiananmen Square by Shen Tong
  3. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
  4. Becoming Madame Mao by Anchee Min
  5. Beijing Comrades by Beijing Tongzhi (Official Pseudonym)
  6. Beijing Doll by Chun Sue
  7. Bound Feet & Western Dress by Pang-Mei Natasha Chang
  8. Boy in the Twilight: Stories of the Hidden China by Yu Hua
  9. Candy by Mian Mian
  10. Chen Village under Mao and Deng, Expanded and Updated Edition by Anita Chan
  11. China on Strike: Narratives of Workers' Resistance by Zhongjin Li (Editor)
  12. Chronicle of a Blood Merchant by Yu Hua
  13. Crows by Jiu Dan
  14. Decoding the Chinese Internet: A Glossary of Political Slang by Badiucao (Illustrator)
  15. Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke
  16. Escape from China: The Long Journey From Tiananmen to Freedom by Zhang Boli
  17. For a Song and a Hundred Songs: A Poet's Journey Through a Chinese Prison by Liao Yiwu
  18. Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine by Jasper Becker (Goodreads Author)
  19. Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China and Changing the Global Balance of Power by David Aikman
  20. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
  21. Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
  22. Lili: A Novel of Tiananmen by Annie Wang
  23. Lust, Caution: The Story, the Screenplay, and the Making of the Film by Eileen Chang
  24. Mao's Great Famine: The History Of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-62 by Frank Dikötter
  25. Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang
  26. Mythbusting the Cult of Confucius: What the Chinese Really Are, How to Understand Them and Why We Need to by Wayne Deeker
  27. Party Members by Arthur Meursault
  28. Please Don't Call Me Human by Wang Shuo
  29. Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang by Zhao Ziyang
  30. Raise the Red Lantern: Three Novellas by Su Tong
  31. Red Azalea by Anchee Min
  32. Red Dust: A Path Through China by Ma Jian
  33. Red Lights: The Lives of Sex Workers in Postsocialist China by Tiantian Zheng
  34. Ruined City by Jia Pingwa (Translator)
  35. Shanghai Baby by Zhou Weihui
  36. Such Is This World@sars.come by Hu Fayun
  37. Summer of Betrayal by Hong Ying
  38. The Barefoot Lawyer: A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China by Chen Guangcheng
  39. The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up by Liao Yiwu
  40. The Dark Road by Ma Jian
  41. The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers by Richard McGregor
  42. The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited by Louisa Lim
  43. The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing (Translation)
  44. The Tiananmen Papers: The Chinese Leadership's Decision to Use Force Against Their Own People - In Their Own Words by Zhang Liang (Editor)
  45. The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting, and China's Secret Solution to Its Dissident Problem by Ethan Gutmann
  46. Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962 by Yang Jisheng
  47. Umbrellas in Bloom: Hong Kong's Occupy Movement Uncovered by Jason Y. Ng
  48. Unfree Speech: The Threat to Global Democracy and Why We Must Act, Now by Joshua Wong
  49. Waiting for the Dalai Lama: Stories from All Sides of the Tibetan Debate by Annelie Rozeboom
  50. Wild Ginger by Anchee Min
  51. Wild Kids: Two Novels about Growing Up by Chang Ta-chun (Translation)
  52. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
  53. Whispers and Moans: Interviews with the Men and Women of Hong Kong's Sex Industry by Yeeshan Yang
  54. Zhuan Falun: The Complete Teachings of Falun Gong by Li Hongzhi
  55. Books Banned by China Government
  56. Historical Experience of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1959)


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  1. How to Write a Book
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  7. How to Write a Book: 21 Crystal-Clear Steps to Success
  8. How to Write a Book: 23 Simple Steps from a Bestseller.
  9. How to Write a Book Analysis | Kean University
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  12. How to Write a Fiction Novel
  13. How to Write a Novel - Novel Writing Tips
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  15. How to Write a Fantasy Novel.
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  17. How to Write a Poem: Beginner's Tips from a Published Poet
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  19. How to Write a Poem: 8 Fundamentals for Writing Poetry.
  20. How to Choose a Good Book
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  22. How to Choose Books to Read (6 Powerful Strategies)
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  27. How to Choose Just-Right Books for Your Child
  28. How to Choose Books to Read With Your Children
  29. How to Choose a Children's Book
  30. How to Choose a Children's Book | LeapFrog
  31. How to Choose a Book | Canadian Children's Book Centre
  32. How to Choose a Good Picture Book
  33. How to Choose Books for Your Kids
  34. How to Choose Books for Kids Who Struggle with Reading (Video)
  35. How to Read a Book
  36. How to Read a Book | Adler Mortimer
  37. How to Read a Book | University of Michigan
  38. How to Read Faster and Retain More.
  39. How to Read More and Remember What You Read: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3.
  40. How to Remember What You Read (Time).
  41. How to Remember What You Read.
  42. How to Pick the Perfect Book Club Book in 7 Steps.
  43. How to Pick a Great Book to Read (for Kids)
  44. How to Help Kids Choose Just Right Books
  45. How to Use a Kindle
  46. How to Identify a Rare Book
  47. How to Identify, Collect, and Sell Rare Books.
  48. How to Identify and Find Rare Books: Tips for Expanding Your Collection
  49. How to Identify First Editions
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  51. How to Tell If a Book Is a First Edition
  52. How to Find the Value of Old Books.
  53. How to Find and Capture Ideas for Your Novel.
  54. How to Select Books for Different Ages.
  55. How to Start Writing a Book: A Peek Inside One Writer's Process
  56. How to Stop Forgetting What You Read.
  57. How to Spot a Rare and Valuable Harry Potter Book
  58. How to Spot Fake News Online
  59. How to Retain 90% of Everything You Learn.
  60. How to Really Make Money as a Book Author.
  61. How to Quickly Decide Which Book You Should Read Next.
  62. How to Decide What to Write a Book About.
  63. How to Decide What to Read Next.
  64. How to Decide What Book to Read Next.
  65. How Do You Decide What Book to Read Next?.
  66. How Do You Decide Which Books to Buy?.
  67. How Does Your Book Club Choose Books to Read?.
  68. How I Decide to Read a Book.
  69. How I Decide What to Read.
  70. How People Really Judge a Book.
  71. How Condition Affects a Book's Value.
  72. How Best-Sellers Lists Work and Who They (Mostly) Work for.
  73. How the Industry Thinks About Editing, and How You Should Think About It Too.
  74. How Much Do Authors Make? (Complete Breakdown)
  75. How Much Do Novelists Make?
  76. How Much Do Authors Make Per Book?
  77. How Much Do Journalists Make?
  78. How Much Money Does a Broadcasting Journalist Make?
  79. Who Is the Fastest Reader in the World
  80. Who Is the Greatest Poet of All Time?.
  81. Who Wrote the Most Books of All Time?.
  82. What to Consider When Writing a Book Review.
  83. What to Do When Your Book Club Can't Decide What to Read
  84. What Is the History of Books?
  85. What Is the Best Novel in the Past 25 Years?
  86. What Is the Best Book of the Past 125 Years?
  87. What Are You Reading?
  88. What Journalists Need to Know
  89. What You Need to Know About Facilitating a Photovoice Project
  90. When It Rains, It Pours: 50 More Picture Books from a Stellar 2015
  91. What Book Censorship Looks Like Outside the United States
  92. Where Things Stand.
  93. "Where Do People Learn Hatred?": Religion and Responsibility.
  94. Why Editing Is the Single Best Marketing Tool?
  95. Why Book Reviews Matter & How to Write Them?
  96. Why Read What We Can't Remember?.
  97. Why Is Reading Important?.
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  100. Why It's Important to Read aloud with Your Kids, and How to Make It Count?
  101. Why Reading the Same Book Repeatedly Is Good for Kids?
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  104. Why You Should Read Every Day?
  105. Why Kids Need the Freedom to Choose the Books They Read?
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Interesting Books


  1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
  2. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
  3. Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢) Cao Xueqin
  4. She: A History of Adventure by H. Rider Haggard
  5. A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
  6. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  7. Ancient Egyptian Agriculture and The Origins Of Horticulture by Jules Janick
  8. Astronaut Fact Book by NASA
  9. Modern Chinese Arts by Judy Jordan
  10. No Game No Life by Yuu Kamiya | 2012-2016
  11. Japan and Her Exhibits at the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition, 1915
  12. Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
  13. "The Room Where It Happened": A White House Memoir by John Bolton
  14. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  15. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
  16. The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
  17. Utopia by Thomas More
  18. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
  19. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  20. Pride and Prejudice by Jane_Austen
  21. Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
  22. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  23. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
  24. A Patriots History of the United States by Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen
  25. One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad) by Gabriel García Márquez
  26. Geetanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
  27. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
  28. Heidi by Johanna Spyri
  29. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  30. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
  31. Watership Down by Richard Adams
  32. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
  33. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
  34. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
  35. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
  36. Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
  37. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
  38. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
  39. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol
  40. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
  41. The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  42. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White; illustrated by Garth Williams
  43. The Alchemist (O Alquimista) by Paulo Coelho
  44. The Social Contract by Jean Jacques Rousseau
  45. The Forsyte Saga by John_Galsworthy
  46. The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
  47. The Lay of the Last Minstrel by Walter Scott
  48. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
  49. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
  50. The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
  51. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
  52. The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru
  53. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
  54. The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
  55. The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi
  56. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
  57. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care by Benjamin Spock
  58. The Name of the Rose (Il Nome della Rosa) by Umberto Eco
  59. The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins
  60. The Hite Report by Shere Hite
  61. The Ginger Man by J. P. Donleavy
  62. The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren


Most Popular Nobel Prize Books


  1. Offending the Audience by Peter Handke | 2019
  2. The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke | 2019
  3. A Sorrow Beyond Dreams by Peter Handke | 2019
  4. Wings of Desire by Peter Handke | 2019
  5. Flights by Olga Tokarczuk | 2018
  6. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk | 2018
  7. An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro | 2017
  8. American Folk Music Revival by Bob Dylan | 2016
  9. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich | 2015
  10. La Place de L'étoile by Patrick Modiano | 2014
  11. Dear Life: Stories by Alice Munro | 2013
  12. Red Sorghum by Mo Yan | 2012
  13. For the Living and the Dead by Tomas_Tranströmer | 2011
  14. The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa | 2010
  15. The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller | 2009
  16. The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing | 2007
  17. My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk | 2006
  18. Snow by Orhan Pamuk | 2006
  19. Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk | 2006
  20. The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek | 2004
  21. Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee | 2003
  22. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee | 2003
  23. Fatelessness by Imre Kertész | 2002
  24. Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian | 2000
  25. The Tin Drum by Günter Grass | 1999
  26. Blindness by José Saramago | 1998
  27. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago | 1998
  28. A Personal Matter by Kenzaburō Ōe | 1994
  29. Beloved by Toni Morrison | 1993
  30. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison | 1993
  31. Loot and Other Stories by Nadine Gordimer | 1991
  32. Lord of the Flies by William Golding | 1983
  33. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez | 1982
  34. Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez | 1982
  35. Herzog by Saul Bellow | 1976
  36. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | 1970
  37. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett | 1969
  38. Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata | 1968
  39. Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre | 1964
  40. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck | 1962
  41. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck | 1962
  42. East of Eden by John Steinbec | 1962
  43. The Pearl by John Steinbec | 1962
  44. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak | 1958
  45. The Stranger by Albert Camus | 1957
  46. The Plague by Albert Camus | 1957
  47. The Fall by Albert Camus | 1957
  48. Independent People by Halldór Laxness | 1955
  49. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway | 1954
  50. The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) by Ernest Hemingway | 1954
  51. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway | 1954
  52. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway | 1954
  53. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner | 1949
  54. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner | 1949
  55. Light in August by William Faulkner | 1949
  56. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse | 1946
  57. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse | 1946
  58. The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) by Pearl S. Buck | 1938
  59. Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann | 1929
  60. The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann | 1929
  61. Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw | 1925
  62. Hunger by Knut Hamsun | 1920
  63. The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore | 1913


Most Popular Novels


  1. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by Anthony Burgess
  2. A BEND IN THE RIVER by Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul
  3. A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME (series) by Anthony Powell
  4. A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway
  5. A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh
  6. A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA by Richard Hughes
  7. A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS by Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul
  8. A MESSAGE TO GARCIA by Elbert Hubbard
  9. A PASSAGE TO INDIA by E.M. Forster
  10. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
  11. A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY by John Irving
  12. A ROOM WITH A VIEW by E.M. Forster
  13. A TALE OF TWO CITIES by Charles Dickens
  14. A TOWN LIKE ALICE by Nevil Shute
  15. ABSALOM, ABSALOM! by William Faulkner
  16. ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner
  17. ALL THE KING’S MEN by Robert Penn Warren
  18. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser
  19. ANNE OF GREEN GABLES by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  20. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE by Agatha Christie
  21. ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell
  22. ANTHEM by Ayn Rand
  23. APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by J John O'Hara
  24. ARROWSMITH by Sinclair Lewis
  25. AS I LAY DYING by William Faulkner
  26. AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS by Brian O'Nolan
  27. AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS by H. P. Lovecraft
  28. ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand
  29. BATTLEFIELD EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
  30. BLACK BEAUTY: HIS GROOMS AND COMPANIONS: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HORSE by Anna Sewell
  31. BELOVED by Toni Morrison
  32. BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy
  33. BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
  34. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED by Evelyn Waugh
  35. CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
  36. CHARLOTTE'S WEB by E.B. White; illustrated by Garth Williams
  37. CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY by Robert A. Heinlein
  38. DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
  39. DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP by Willa Cather
  40. DELIVERANCE by James Dickey
  41. THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown
  42. DOUBLE STAR by Robert A. Heinlein
  43. DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER by Cao Xueqin
  44. DUNE by Frank Herbert
  45. ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card
  46. FARENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury
  47. FEAR by L. Ron Hubbard
  48. FIFTH BUSINESS by Robertson Davies
  49. FINNEGANS WAKE by James Jones
  50. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY by James Jones
  51. GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN by James Baldwin
  52. GONE WITH THE WIND by Margaret Mitchell
  53. GRAVITY’S RAINBOW by Thomas Pynchon
  54. GREENMANTLE by John Buchan
  55. GUILTY PLEASURES by Laurell K. Hamilton
  56. HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS by J. K. Rowling
  57. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS by J. K. Rowling
  58. HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE by J. K. Rowling
  59. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by J. K. Rowling
  60. HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE by J. K. Rowling
  61. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN by J. K. Rowling
  62. HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad
  63. HEIDI'S YEARS OF LEARNING AND TRAVEL by Johanna Spyri
  64. HENDERSON THE RAIN KING by Saul Bellow
  65. HOWARDS END by E.M. Forster
  66. I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
  67. ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach
  68. INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
  69. IRONWEED by William Kennedy
  70. IT by Stephen King
  71. JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL by Richard Bach
  72. KIM by Rudyard Kipling
  73. LIGHT IN AUGUST by William Faulkner
  74. LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
  75. LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
  76. LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad
  77. LOVE STORY by Erich_Segal
  78. LOVING by Henry Green
  79. MAIN STREET by Sinclair Lewis
  80. MEMORY AND DREAM by Charles de Lint
  81. MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN by Salman Rushdie
  82. MISSION EARTH by L. Ron Hubbard
  83. MOONHEART by Charles de Lint
  84. MULENGRO by Charles de Lint
  85. MY ANTONIA by Willa Cather
  86. MYTHAGO WOOD by Robert Holdstock
  87. NAKED LUNCH by William S. Burroughs
  88. NATIVE SON by Richard Wright
  89. NOSTROMO by Joseph Conrad
  90. OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham
  91. ON THE BEACH by Nevil Shute
  92. ON THE ROAD by Jack Kerouac
  93. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST by Ken Kesey
  94. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel García Márquez
  95. ONE LONELY NIGHT by Mickey Spillane
  96. PALE FIRE by Vladimir Nabokov
  97. PARADE’S END by Ford Madox Ford
  98. POINT COUNTER POINT by Aldous Huxley
  99. PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT by Philip Roth
  100. RAGTIME by E.L. Doctorow
  101. SCOOP by Evelyn Waugh
  102. SHANE by Jack Schaefer
  103. SHE: A HISTORY OF ADVENTURE by H. Rider Haggard
  104. SISTER CARRIE by Theodore Dreiser
  105. SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
  106. SOMEPLACE TO BE FLYING by Charles de Lint
  107. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by Ray Bradbury
  108. SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by Ken Kesey
  109. SONS AND LOVERS by D. H. Lawrence
  110. SOPHIE’S CHOICE by William Styron
  111. STARSHIP TROOPERS by Robert Heinlein
  112. STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Robert Heinlein
  113. SUTTREE by Cormac McCarthy
  114. TENDER IS THE NIGHT by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  115. THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Edith Wharton
  116. THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH by Saul Bellow
  117. THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durell
  118. THE AMBASSADORS by Henry James
  119. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY by Robert James Waller
  120. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY by Thornton Wilder
  121. THE BULWARK by Theodore Dreiser
  122. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger
  123. THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London
  124. THE COMMON SENSE BOOK OF BABY AND CHILD CARE by Dr. Benjamin Spock
  125. THE CUNNING MAN by Robertson Davies
  126. THE DAY OF THE LOCUST by Nathanael West
  127. THE DEATH OF THE HEART by Elizabeth Bowen
  128. THE DOOR INTO SUMMER by Robert Heinlein
  129. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED by Jack Higgins
  130. THE FIANCIER by Theodore Dreiser
  131. THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand
  132. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’S WOMAN by John Fowles
  133. THE "GENIUS" by Theodore Dreiser
  134. THE GINGER MAN by J. P. Donleavy
  135. THE GOOD SOLDIER by Ford Madox Ford
  136. THE GOLDEN BOWL by Henry James
  137. THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
  138. THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  139. THE HANDMAID’S TALE by Margaret Atwood
  140. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE by Shirley Jackson
  141. THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
  142. THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams
  143. THE HITE REPORT by Shere Hite
  144. THE HOBBIT by J. R. R. Tolkien
  145. THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER by Tom Clancy
  146. THE TITAN by Theodore Dreiser
  147. THE LITTLE COUNTRY by Charles de Lint
  148. THE LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  149. THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE by C. S. Lewis
  150. THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
  151. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS by Booth Tarkington
  152. THE MAGUS by John Fowles
  153. THE MALTESE FALCON by Dashiell Hammett
  154. THE MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS by Robert Heinlein
  155. THE MOVIEGOER by Walker Percy
  156. THE NAME OF THE ROSE by Umberto Eco
  157. THE HEART OF THE MATTER by Graham Greene
  158. THE HOUSE OF MIRTH by Edith Wharton
  159. THE NAKED AND THE DEAD by Norman Mailer
  160. THE OLD WIVES’ TALE by Arnold Bennett
  161. THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain
  162. THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE by Muriel Spark
  163. THE PUPPET MASTERS by Robert Heinlein
  164. THE RAINBOW by D.H. Lawrence
  165. THE RECOGNITIONS by William Gaddis
  166. THE SATANIC VERSES by Salman Rushdie
  167. THE SECRET AGENT by Joseph Conrad
  168. THE SHELTERING SKY by Paul Bowles
  169. THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
  170. THE STAND by Stephen King
  171. THE STOIC by Theodore Dreiser
  172. THE STUDS LONIGAN TRILOGY by James T. Farrell
  173. THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway
  174. THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT by Beatrix Potter
  175. THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLES by John Cheever
  176. THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler
  177. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE by Henry James
  178. THE WOOD WIFE by Terri Windling
  179. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by John Irving
  180. THE WORM OUROBOROS by E.R. Eddison
  181. THINK AND GROW RICH by Napoleon Hill
  182. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
  183. TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
  184. TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell
  185. TRADER by Charles de Lint
  186. TROPIC OF CANCER by Henry Miller
  187. TRUSTEE FROM THE TOOLROOM by Nevil Shute
  188. UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch
  189. ULYSSES by James Joyce
  190. U.S.A.(trilogy) by John Dos Passos
  191. UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
  192. V. by Thomas Pynchon
  193. WATERSHIP DOWNby Richard Adams
  194. WE THE LIVING by Ayn Rand
  195. WIDE SARGASSO SEA by Jean Rhys
  196. WINESBURG, OHIO by Sherwood Anderson
  197. WISE BLOOD by Flannery O’Connor
  198. WOMEN IN LOVE by D.H. Lawrence
  199. YARROW by Charles de Lint
  200. ZULEIKA DOBSON by Max Beerbohm
  201. 1984 by George Orwell


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▷ Nobel Prize in Literature Winners
  1. 2024 - Han Kang: (Born: 27 November 1970, Gwangju, South Korea) for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.
  2. 2023 - Jon Fosse: (Born: 29 September 1959, Haugesund, Norway) for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable ...
  3. 2022 - Annie Ernaux: (Born 1 September 1940, Lillebonne, France) for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory ...
  4. 2021 - Abdulrazak Gurnah: (Born 20 December 1948 - Tanzanian-born British) for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents ...
  5. 2020 - Louise Glück: (Born 22 April 1943, New York, NY, USA ) for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal ...
  6. 2019 - Peter Handke: (Born 6 December 1942, Griffen, Austria) for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience ...
  7. 2018 - Olga Tokarczuk: (Born 29 January 1962, Sulechów, Poland) for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life ...
  8. 2017 - Kazuo Ishiguro: (Born 8 November 1954) who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world ...
  9. 2016 - Bob Dylan: (Born 24 May 1941) for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition ...
  10. 2015 - Svetlana Alexievich: (Born 31 May 1948) was born in the Ukrainian town of Ivano-Frankivsk ...
  11. 2014 - Patrick Modiano: (Born 30 July 1945) is a French novelist ...
  12. 2013 - Alice Munro: (Born 10 July 1931), the renowned Canadian short-story writer whose visceral work explores ...
  13. 2012 - Mo Yan: (Born 17 February 1955), one of the most famous, oft-banned and widely pirated of all Chinese writers ...
  14. 2011 - Tomas Tranströmer: (Born 15 April 1931) is a Swedish poet whose sometimes bleak but ...
  15. 2010 - Mario Vargas Llosa: (Born March 28, 1936) is a Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, essayist ...
  16. 2009 - Herta Müller: Born on August 17, 1953 in the German-speaking town Nitzkydorf in Banat, Romania ...
  17. 2008 - Jean-Marie Gustave: Author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy ...
  18. 2007 - Doris Lessing: The Persian-born, Rhodesian-raised and London-residing novelist ...
  19. 2006 - Orhan Pamuk: Mr. Pamuk, 54, is Turkey’s best-known and best-selling novelist ...
  20. 2005 - Harold Pinter: Born 10 October 1930 in East London, playwright, director, actor, poet ...
  21. 2004 - Elfriede Jelinek: The younger counterpart of Austrian playwright ...
  22. 2003 - J.M. Coetzee: South-African novelist, critic, and translator... Write his first book, Dusklands (1974) ...
  23. 2002 - Imre Kertesz: Born in Budapest on 9th November 1929 of Jewish descent ...
  24. 2001 - V.S. Naipaul: Born August 17, 1932 in Trinidad, Naipaul was educated at Queen's Royal College ...
  25. 2000 - Gao Xingjian: Born January 4, 1940 in China, Xingjian is a writer, director ...
  26. 1999 - Gunter Grass: Born October 16, 1927 in Gdansk, Poland, the scene of his several novels ...
  27. 1998 - Jose Saramago: Born November 16, 1922 in Portugal ...
  28. 1997 - Dario Fo: Born 1926 in Italy, his best-known play ...
  29. 1996 - Wislawa Szymborska
  30. 1995 - Seamus Heaney
  31. 1994 - Kenzaburo Oe
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  33. 1992 - Derek Walcott
  34. 1991 - Nadine Gordimer
  35. 1990 - Octavio Paz
  36. 1989 - Camilo Jose Cela
  37. 1988 - Naguib Mahfouz
  38. 1987 - Joseph Brodsky
  39. 1986 - Wole Soyinka
  40. 1985 - Claude Simon
  41. 1984 - Jaroslav Seifert
  42. 1983 - William Golding
  43. 1982 - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  44. 1981 - Elias Canetti
  45. 1980 - Czeslaw Milosz
  46. 1979 - Odysseus Elytis
  47. 1978 - Isaac Bashevis Singer
  48. 1977 - Vicente Aleixandre
  49. 1976 - Saul Bellow
  50. 1975 - Eugenio Montale
  51. 1974 - Eyvind Johnson, Harry Martinson
  52. 1973 - Patrick White
  53. 1972 - Heinrich Boll
  54. 1971 - Pablo Neruda
  55. 1970 - Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
  56. 1969 - Samuel Beckett
  57. 1968 - Yasunari Kawabata
  58. 1967 - Miguel Angel Asturias
  59. 1966 - Samuel Agnon, Nelly Sachs
  60. 1965 - Mikhail Sholokhov
  61. 1964 - Jean-Paul Sartre
  62. 1963 - Giorgos Seferis
  63. 1962 - John Steinbeck
  64. 1961 - Ivo Andric
  65. 1960 - Saint-John Perse
  66. 1959 - Salvatore Quasimodo
  67. 1958 - Boris Pasternak
  68. 1957 - Albert Camus
  69. 1956 - Juan Ramon Jimenez
  70. 1955 - Halldor Laxness
  71. 1954 - Ernest Hemingway
  72. 1953 - Winston Churchill
  73. 1952 - Francois Mauriac
  74. 1951 - Par Lagerkvist
  75. 1950 - Bertrand Russell
  76. 1949 - William Faulkner
  77. 1948 - T.S. Eliot
  78. 1947 - Andre Gide
  79. 1946 - Hermann Hesse
  80. 1945 - Gabriela Mistral
  81. 1944 - Johannes V. Jensen
  82. 1943 - No Awards Given
  83. 1942 - No Awards Given
  84. 1941 - No Awards Given
  85. 1940 - No Awards Given
  86. 1939 - Frans Eemil Sillanpaa
  87. 1938 - Pearl Buck
  88. 1937 - Roger Martin du Gard
  89. 1936 - Eugene O'Neill
  90. 1935 - No Awards Given
  91. 1934 - Luigi Pirandello
  92. 1933 - Ivan Bunin
  93. 1932 - John Galsworthy
  94. 1931 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt
  95. 1930 - Sinclair Lewis
  96. 1929 - Thomas Mann
  97. 1928 - Sigrid Undset
  98. 1927 - Henri Bergson
  99. 1926 - Grazia Deledda
  100. 1925 - George Bernard Shaw
  101. 1924 - Wladyslaw Reymont
  102. 1923 - William Butler Yeats
  103. 1922 - Jacinto Benavente
  104. 1921 - Anatole France
  105. 1920 - Knut Hamsun
  106. 1919 - Carl Spitteler
  107. 1918 - No Awards Given
  108. 1917 - Karl Gjellerup, Henrik Pontoppidan
  109. 1916 - Verner von Heidenstam
  110. 1915 - Romain Rolland
  111. 1914 - No Awards Given
  112. 1913 - Rabindranath Tagore
  113. 1912 - Gerhart Hauptmann
  114. 1911 - Maurice Maeterlinck
  115. 1910 - Paul Heyse
  116. 1909 - Selma Lagerlof
  117. 1908 - Rudolf Eucken
  118. 1907 - Rudyard Kipling
  119. 1906 - Giosue Carducci
  120. 1905 - Henryk Sienkiewicz
  121. 1904 - Frederic Mistral, Jose Echegaray
  122. 1903 - Bjornstjerne Bjornson
  123. 1902 - Theodor Mommsen
  124. 1901 - Sully Prudhomme

▷ Books Written by Nobel Prize in Literature Winners
  1. The Vegetarian by Han Kang
  2. Days of Awe by Shmuel Yosef Agnon
  3. Shadow of Paradise by Vicente Aleixandre
  4. Last Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich
  5. Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich
  6. The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić
  7. El Señor Presidente by Miguel Ángel Asturias
  8. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
  9. Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces by Samuel Beckett
  10. Endgame by Samuel Beckett
  11. Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow
  12. Gorbunov and Gorchakov by Joseph Brodsky
  13. Böll's Best Stories by Heinrich Böll
  14. Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck
  15. The Plague by Albert Camus
  16. The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
  17. The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo José Cela
  18. The Voices of Marrakesh by Elias Canetti by Elias Canetti
  19. My Early Life by Winston Churchill
  20. Onitsha by J.M.G. Le Clézio
  21. Writings and Drawings by Bob Dylan
  22. Tarantula by Bob Dylan
  23. The Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950 by T.S. Eliot
  24. The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
  25. The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
  26. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
  27. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
  28. The Axion Esti by Odysseas Elytis
  29. The Years by Annie Ernaux
  30. Getting Lost by Annie Ernaux
  31. Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux
  32. The Virtuous Burglar by Dario Fo
  33. The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France
  34. Poems 1962-2012 by Louise Glück
  35. The Wild Iris by Louise Glück
  36. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  37. July's People by Nadine Gordimer
  38. The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
  39. The Tin Drum by Günter Grass
  40. Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
  41. Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah
  42. Winter Recipes from the Collective by Louise Glück
  43. Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney
  44. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
  45. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
  46. The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
  47. The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek
  48. Return to Ithaca by Eyvind Johnson
  49. Fatelessness by Imre Kertész
  50. The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
  51. The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing
  52. Repetition by Peter Handke
  53. A Moment of True Feeling by Peter Handke
  54. The Moravian Night by Peter Handke
  55. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
  56. Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
  57. The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata
  58. Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
  59. The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa
  60. Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz
  61. Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
  62. Death in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas Mann
  63. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
  64. The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez
  65. The Captive Mind by Czesław Miłosz
  66. Aniara by Harry Martinson
  67. In the Café of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano
  68. Scene of the Crime by Patrick Modiano
  69. The Black Notebook by Patrick Modiano
  70. Cuttlefish Bones (1920-1927) by Eugenio Montale
  71. The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison
  72. Beloved by Toni Morrison
  73. Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You by Alice Munro
  74. Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
  75. A House for Mr Biswas by V. S. Naipaul
  76. Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda
  77. A Personal Matter by Kenzaburō Ōe
  78. The Silent Cry by Kenzaburō Ōe
  79. The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings by Octavio Paz
  80. Anabasis by Saint-John Perse
  81. The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter
  82. The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter
  83. The Caretaker by Harold Pinter
  84. Silent House by Orhan Pamuk
  85. Tutte Le Poesie by Salvatore Quasimodo
  86. A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
  87. Glowing Enigmas by Nelly Sachs
  88. No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre
  89. No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
  90. Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre
  91. The Reprieve by Jean-Paul Sartre
  92. Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
  93. The Age of Reason (Roads to Freedom, #1) by Jean-Paul Sartre
  94. The Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert by Jaroslav Seifert
  95. Collected Poems by Giorgos Seferis
  96. Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  97. And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov
  98. The Flanders Road by Claude Simon
  99. The Magician of Lublin by Isaac Bashevis Singer
  100. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  101. Matryona's Place by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  102. Aké: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
  103. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  104. The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck
  105. Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) by John Steinbeck
  106. The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore
  107. Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
  108. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
  109. The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems by Tomas Tranströmer
  110. Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
  111. Dream on Monkey Mountain by Derek Walcott
  112. Memoirs of Many in One by Patrick White
  113. Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian
  114. The Bus Stop by Gao Xingjian
  115. Red Sorghum by Mo Yan
  116. The Republic of Wine by Mo Yan
  117. The Garlic Ballads by Mo Yan

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